Artists' ToolsChinese18th century

Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves

Qianlong period, 1736-1795

Classification

Artists' Tools

Medium

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with red enamel mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters immediately above the bristles; with white hair bristles covered with a silk cap

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

L. 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased in Hong Kong or London, April 1976; bequest to Harvard Art Museum

Related Artworks

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Stylized Tortoiseshell Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Jade Brush Holder in the Form of a Section of Weathered Pine Trunk

Unknown Artist, late 17th-early 18th century, probably Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Pale greenish white nephrite

17th-18th centuryChinese

Artists' Tools

Nib Pen

Barnett Newman, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

Artists' Tools

Jade Paperweight in the Form of a Recumbent 'Bixie' Chimera and Cub

Unknown Artist, late 16th-17th century

Pale greenish white nephrite

16th-17th centuryChinese

Artists' Tools

Screwdriver

Barnett Newman, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

Artists' Tools

Me. Labori (The Dreyfus Affair)

Ben Shahn, 1984

Metal stencil for pochoir

20th centuryAmerican

Artists' Tools

Woodblock: Figures in a Landscape

A. N. Roberts, 19th century

Wood-engraving block (uncut) with a drawing in graphite

19th centuryAmerican

Artists' Tools

Pen Box with Holy Family and Female Portrait Medallions

Najaf `Ali, 1848-1849

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

19th century

Artists' Tools

Plywood miter box

Barnett Newman, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

Artists' Tools

Circular Impressed Disk

Unknown Artist, 4th century BCE

Terracotta

4th century BCEGreek

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Stream and Wild Flower Design

Unknown Artist, Meiji-Taishō period, late 19th-early 20th century

Kakuban (square-shaped) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Baren (tool used to rub the reverse of a woodblock print to in order to transfer the pigment)

Unknown Artist

Japanese