Meiji-Taishō period, late 19th-early 20th century
paper: H. 44.2 x W. 42.8 cm (17 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
Soft wooden handle with tip splintered to make bristle fibers
JapaneseEnameled 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
18th centuryChineseCarved and engraved wood; ten bordered columns of text per recto and per verso; twenty two characters per column. Text in Chinese characters.
18th-19th centuryKoreanSteel
19th century