Object Details
Culture
China
Date
18th century
Medium
Unglazed porcelain
Credit Line
Gift of William J. and Kathleen A. Cavanaugh
Object
Number
2000.012 a-j
This exquisite desk set includes an inkstone in the form of a peach, an ink-stick holder in the form(…)
This exquisite desk set includes an inkstone in the form of a peach, an ink-stick holder in the form of a melon, a pomegranate shaped water-dropper, a peach-form censer, brush-holders of bamboo design, pea pods to function as a brush rest, a seal paste box in the form of a book and scroll, and a scroll weight in the form of a dragon amid waves. Elaborately modeled and carved porcelain reached a pinnacle of production from the late 18th century into the mid-twentieth century.
