Brush Washer
1799-1832
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Brush Washer
1799-1832
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with copper red glaze, 6.0 cm. H
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. W. Lehman Guyton, Cockeysville, Maryland
Object Number
2005.100
Small spherical brush washer with glassy red glaze slightly mottled in darker and lighter shades of red in concentric rings at the shoulder but vertical striations extending from the shoulder to the foot. White glaze at the mouth, with ink residue visible.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2003; Dr. William L. Guyton, Cockeysville, Maryland
Rose Kerr, "Chinese Ceramics Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911," London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986, pp. 74-79 [for a good discussion of copper red glazes].
Inscribed: None
Markings: 2 labels: "6/San De Boeuf/Kien Lung"; "8".
