Brush holder with Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
Makers of decorative arts often embellished the surfaces of vessels with famous stories. This brush pot depicts the statesman and calligrapher Wang Xizhi and his friends assembling at Kuaiji in 353 CE to celebrate the spring purification festival by drinking wine and writing poems, an event known as the Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion. More than just an appealing landscape with figures, the decoration signaled that the owner of the brush holder understood and appreciated history.
Artwork Details
- 清 碧玉蘭亭雅集圖筆筒
- Title: Brush holder with Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 18th–19th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diam. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
- Classification: Jade
- Credit Line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902
- Object Number: 02.18.679
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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late 18th century
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late 18th–early 19th century
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