Brush Holder

CultureChinese

Date17th century

MediumSteatite (soapstone)

DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 inches (16.19 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Nellie Hussey Fund and the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy through the Westport Fund

Object numberF65-17

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Fantastics 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.

Provenance

Nagatani, Inc.;

Purchased from Nagatani, Inc. through Westport Fund by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1965.

Published References

James Cahill, Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting (New York: Asia Society, 1967), 35, no. 50, ill (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 368, no. 261 (repro.).

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