New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Small Brush Washer in Form of Lotus Leaf

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Qing Dynasty | Dehua

Date18th century

MediumPorcelain | Dehua ware

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (4.4 x 11.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.108

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 106

DescriptionSmall dish or brush washer. Small dish is in the form of water pad with upraised undulating sides. A stem rises from its center and on an exterior side it meets another stem which goes under the dish forming a foot rest and emerging on the other side as a flower bud. Porcelain very fine and chalky white.

Published ReferencesSimilar pieces in Gyllensvard, Bo, _Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection_, Stockholm 1964, figures 642 and 643.