Brushpot with decoration of figures in landscape and inscribed poem
Zhang Xihuang
(Chinese, active early 17th century)
early 17th century
Medium/TechniqueBamboo, carved in the liuqing ("reserve green") technique
Dimensions13.02 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMarshall H. Gould Fund and partial gift of Judge and Mrs. Matthew Brown in memory of their son Ronald Goodrich Brown
Accession number1977.22
On View
Not on viewClassificationsScholar's objects
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1935, Sir Percival David, 2d. Bt. (b. 1892 - d. 1964), London [see note 1]; probably by descent to his widow; December 14, 1976, anonymous ("property of a lady") sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 230, sold. 1977, sold by Bluett and Sons, Ltd., London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1977)
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "International Exhibition of Chinese Art" (Royal Academy, London, 1935-1936), no. 2944 and to "The Arts of the Ming Dynasty" (Detroit Institute of Arts, 1957), no. 382.
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "International Exhibition of Chinese Art" (Royal Academy, London, 1935-1936), no. 2944 and to "The Arts of the Ming Dynasty" (Detroit Institute of Arts, 1957), no. 382.
15th century
17th century
17th century
17th century
19th century
early 17th century
1368–1644