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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Small Brush Washer in Form of Lotus Leaf
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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
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On View
On view
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.
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