Water Pot in the Form of a Bamboo Shoot
1734-1749
Physical Qualities
'Slippery stone' (huashi) porcelain with white glaze, 2 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (5.4 x 11.4 x 5.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lawrason Riggs of J
Object Number
1945.59.33
The brush washer and the waterpot are required for the practice of calligraphy and painting: the brush washer to rinse the brush, and the waterpot to hold fresh water for preparing the ink. Chinese ink, in the form of a solid cake or stick, has to be ground on a stone or slab and dissolved with water to the desired concentration. Paper, brush, ink, and ink stone were called the “Four Perfections.”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1945; Lawrason Riggs of J, Baltimore; from his uncle, General Lawrason Riggs, Baltimore (1861-1940)
Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics, Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 109, p. 57.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
