Brush Jar with an Imperial Inscription

Creator Name

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Qianlong Emperor

Cultural Context

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Chinese

Date

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18th century

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This quality brush set made of jade in the Qianlong Period features a poem that illustrates the contentment one gains while observing nature. The emperor in the Qianlong Period promoted the arts and participated in the scholarly pursuit of poetry. He also valued an appreciation of nature. The imagery of the flora and fauna found on the set directly correlates to the imagery used in Chinese brush painting. This type of brush painting primarily focused on portraying natural scenes in addition to calligraphic characters.

Brooklyn Museum Object Description

Cylindrical brush pot, containing two brushes, a ruyi scepter and a roller. A Greenish-White and Russet Jade Brush pot (Christies Title) 8/08 A Small Greenish-White Jade Hard stone Inlaid Ruyi Sceptre (Christies Title) 8/08 A Metal Mounted Hard stone and Jade Roller.(Christies Title) 8/08 A Pair of White and Green Jade Brushes. (Christies Title) 8/08 Accession card: The pot is of white jade, semi-translucent, polished, with a slightly greenish tinge and patches of brown. It is carved on the outside with a rock and wave design, also containing a bat, a crane, a peach, and pine trees, the later pierced a jour. On one side is a poem incised in the surface, the characters of which are gilded. It reads ...

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Title

Brush Jar with an Imperial Inscription

Creator

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Qianlong Emperor, Author

Worktype

Vessel

Cultural Context

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Chinese

Material

Carved jade and hardstone

Dimensions

a: 6 1/4 x 6 in. (15.8 x 15.3 cm) b: 8 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (21.6 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm) c: 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (15.9 x 13.4 x 3.3 cm) d: 11 13/16 x 1 11/16 in. (30 x 4.3 cm) e: 11 3/4 x 1 11/16 in. (29.8 x 4.3 cm)

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Date

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18th century
Qianlong Period

Provenance

Bequest of Robert B. Woodward, Nov 06, 1915

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Creative Commons Attribution
Creative Commons-BY

Inscription

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松芝多秀色
鶴語記春秋
福如東海島
蓬萊赴蟠桃

The pine trees and lingzhi fungi form a beautiful scenery;
The crane’s call is a record of the Spring and Autumn period;
With happiness as boundless as the eastern seas and islands;
I attend a banquet of immortality peaches on the Penglai isles.

Inscribed by order of the Qianlong emperor.
松芝多秀色 鶴語記春秋 福如東海島 蓬萊赴蟠桃 The pine trees and lingzhi fungi form a beautiful scenery; The crane’s call is a record of the Spring and Autumn period; With happiness as boundless as the eastern seas and islands; I attend a banquet of immortality peaches on the Penglai isles. Inscribed by order of the Qianlong emperor.

Location

China

Subjects

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Waves; Bats; Peach; Tree; Bamboo; Dragon; Clouds

Topic

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Jade

Curationist Metadata Contributors

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Christina Stone

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Qianlong Emperor, Brush Jar with an Imperial Inscription, 18th century. Brooklyn Museum. The inscribed poem, the brush set, and the intended artistic outcome form a network of concepts and being. Creative Commons Attribution.

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