Water Dish

1736–1795

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

This brush washer, made at the Jingdezhen kilns, recalls the form of an archaic bronze vessel.

Caption

Water Dish, 1736–1795. Porcelain with tea dust (chaye mo) glaze, 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.942. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Water Dish

Date

1736–1795

Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

Period

Qianlong Period

Geography

Place made: Jiangxi, China

Medium

Porcelain with tea dust (chaye mo) glaze

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 6.5 cm)

Markings

4-character seal script mark of Qianlong

Credit Line

Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam

Accession Number

32.942

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