Brush Washer in the Form of a Peony
Brush washers were used for removing excess ink from the brush and are essential tools for Chinese calligraphy and painting. It would have been placed on a desk with other writing instruments.
Artifact
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id
3885
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
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| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.278 |