Brush Stand in the Form of Mountain Peaks

Original Language Title清中期山形筆架

CultureChinese

DateQianlong period (1736-1795)

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (12.07 × 15.88 × 11.11 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number51-33

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Fantastic and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting, Asia House Gallery, New York, March 23 - May 28, 1967; M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, August 28 - November 1, 1967.

Friends of Wen-Cheng-Ming: A View from the Crawford Collection, China House Gallery, New York, 1974 – 1975; Seattle Art Museum, July 24 -September 14, 1975.

Kernels of Energy, Bones of the Earth: The Rock in Chinese Art, China House Gallery, New York, October 23, 1985 - January 29, 1986.

Provenance

Mrs. Nellie B. Hussey;

Purchased from Mrs. Nellie B. Hussey by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1951.

Published References

James Cahill, Fantastic and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting (New York: Asia Society: distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1967), 25, no. 49 (repro.).

John Hay et al., Kernels of Energy, Bones of the Earth: The Rock in Chinese Art (New York: China House Gallery, China Institute, 1985), 59, pl. 31, no. 4 (repro.).

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