OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2011
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Scholar’s Implements

CATALOGUE 2011

A GUAN-TYPE MOUNTAIN-SHAPED BRUSHREST

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

LENGTH: 16CM

The brushrest is moulded and pierced in imitation of a mountain range with formed contours for the use of a brushrest. The porcelain body is covered overall with a bluish-grey crackled glaze in imitation of Southern Song Guan ware.

SIMILAR EXAMPLE
A similar brushrest in imitation of a ‘Ge’ glaze from the Palace Museum Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study 文玩, 2009, p. 125, Catalogue No. 96

清十八世紀 仿官釉太湖石形筆架