https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/29434/fullMountain form brush-restca.1506-1521Overall: 13.7 x 5.5 x 21.4 cm (5 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White PorcelainOrigin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, ChinaG99.1.31Chinese porcelain brush-rest from the Zhengde period (1506-1521), with bluish-green glaze. Symmetrically modelled as five stylized mountain peaks, raised on a shaped plinth, underside pierced twice with dumbbell motif. Decorated in underglaze blue with a dense ground of scrollwork centering a roundel. There are details of the plinth outlined with a ruyi motif and scrollwork.Chinese Ceramics InteractiveChinese Blue and White PorcelainChinese and Japanese Ceramics[]Asian CeramicsChinese Porcelain1825382093ChineseMing dynasty (1368-1644), Zhende period (1506-1521)'Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi' (Made in the Zhengde reign of the great Ming Dynasty)
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