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| Keywords: Chinese - Brush Pot with a Man - Walters 491988 - View B.jpg This brush pot representing the Chinese half-stanza Dreaming the brush blossoms into flowers depicts a reclining man who dreams of becoming a scholar in one register; in the other his dream is retold inside a dream bubble He is shown in a scholar's robe and hat writing with a brush On his desk are various writing implements a brush rest brush pot with two brushes pointed upwards to dry an inkstone and an inkstick The small stick of solid ink is used by grinding it on the inkstone and adding water The inkstone inkstick brush and paper are the four most important writing implements used by East Asian scholars painters and calligraphers between 1723 1730 porcelain with overglaze enamels cm 14 92 21 27 accession number 49 1988 10114 Marquis Sale Paris February 1890 lot 606 Henry Walters Baltimore February 1890 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1890 reign mark of Yongzheng Yung-Cheng 1722-1735 Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain Walters place of origin China Walters Art Museum license Art of China in Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain Walters Chinese porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Porcelains of the Qing Dynasty Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Brush pots | ||||
