Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century
paper: H. 30.2 cm x W. 41.1 cm (11 7/8 x 16 3/16 in.)

Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChineseSingle piece of wood split at one end to form bristles
Japanese

Daihan (large-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique
19th-20th centuryJapaneseEnameled 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 centuryChinese