Brush pot with decoration of landscape and poem by Du Fu (712–770)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The decoration on this brush pot is described as being in the “Master of the Rocks” style for the striking lines of cobalt used to add texture to the rocks and mountains. The poem reads:
Clouds passing the sheer cliff spread embroidery and brocade,
Sparse pines lining the waters play the reed pipes.
—trans. after Stephen Owen
Clouds passing the sheer cliff spread embroidery and brocade,
Sparse pines lining the waters play the reed pipes.
—trans. after Stephen Owen
Artwork Details
- 清康熙 青花杜甫詩意山水圖筆筒
- Title: Brush pot with decoration of landscape and poem by Du Fu (712–770)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: ca. 1670
- Culture: China
- Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
- Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Promised Gift of Julia and John Curtis, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art