Blue-and-white brush holder with human figures and pine tree / Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 1966/2.25
- Title
- Blue-and-white brush holder with human figures and pine tree
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kyushu-chiho (region)
- Nagasaki (prefecture)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kyushu-chiho (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Nagasaki (prefecture)
- Dimensions
- 12.2 cm x 10.6 cm x 10.6 cm (4 13/16 in. x 4 3/16 in. x 4 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- brush holder
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- A hexagonal container of white porcelain. Each of six rectangular panels has delicate rendering of figures or plants with blue underglaze. On one panel there is a male figure dancing and playing a drum. On another panel, dancing male figure appears as well. Next to the drumming figure, a pine tree is drawn.
- Subject Matter
- This hexagonal pot is used for holding brushes, important instruments for literati activities. Brush holders are often depicted in scholar's studios in East Asian literati painting. The design of dancers and musicians, combined with a pine tree, should convey festive and auspicious mood.
- Secondary Keywords
- double-headed
- buildings and the land
- drums (membranophones)
- evergreens
- landscapes (environments)
- membranophones
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- settlements and landscapes
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck drums
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- tubular drums
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1253 x 925
- File Size
- 60 KB
- Record
- 1966/2.25
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"Blue-and-white brush holder with human figures and pine tree; Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1966-sl-2.25/1966_2.25.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
