Brush Pot with Scene of Washing an Elephant
White cylindrical brush pot with blue illustrations. The pot is mostly white with a blue design. The blue design depicts a scene with an elephant being washed. The elephant is large and shown from the side with its head down. The elephant's body is rendered with curved lines. Two people are shown; one on top of the elephant and one on the right side. There are plants on both sides and at the bottom. The top and bottom of the pot have a thin blue line. The background of the image is gray, getting darker towards the top. The pot sits on a white surface.
Artwork Details
- Date
- mid-17th century
- Medium
- Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
- Culture
- China
- Dimensions
- 468 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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