Ming dynasty, 16th/17th centuryCarved in fairly low relief with a dense leafy floral design of primarily chrysanthemum from the tail-bone (kaogu), along the length of the handle, which has two bulbous areas, to the large cone-shaped ferrule (zhouxian) which has a metal band to secure the hair. 11 ½in (29.3cm) long, excluding brush hair,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:明 十六/十七世紀 剔紅花卉紋筆Mounted with rabbit hair as a calligraphy brush in its present state, this was possibly originally intended as a whisk. Certainly it's large size would have made any calligraphic use a weighty proposal. For an example of the same basic shape and size in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see metmuseum.org.art/collection/40221, accession no. 2015.500.1.36, a gift of Florence and Herbert Irving. It is dated to the sixteenth century and listed as a whisk. Like ours, it has naturalistic decoration that in addition to chrysanthemum includes bamboo, orchids and plum, the flowers of the 'Four Seasons'.