COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.2000.158.2
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
artist unknown
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Name-CRT:
artist unknown
Title:
Brushwasher
View:
Front
Creation Date:
10th century - 12th century
Creation Start Date:
900
Creation End Date:
1199
Materials and Techniques:
glazed pottery
Classification Term:
Pottery
Dimensions:
H.2-1/16 x W.6-1/16 x D.4-1/8 in.
Component Measured:
overall
Measurement Unit:
in
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
2000.158.2
Credit Line:
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Context:
With its shallow oval shape and quatrefoil outline, this tenth century ceramic brushwasher is likely based on a silver vessel. The upright sides are moulded in high relief with "precious objects" flanked by stylized florets with "classic scroll" borders around the rim and base. The decoration has been picked out in bright green while the background is glazed in amber brown, two of the most common glaze colors in Liao dynasty (907-1125) ceramics.
A pair of octafoil brushwashers with the same colors as this vessel and similar moulded décor was excavated in 1977 from a Liao dynasty tomb in Wengniute County, Inner Mongolia.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.22006c.tif
Link To Source
Brushwasher
