COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
Record
Work ID:
M01P00025
Title:
Bamboo brush-holder of Long-zhong tu
Creation Date:
Qing Dynasty
Start Year Date:
A.D.1644
End Year Date:
A.D.1911
Dynasty:
63 Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1644~1911)
Creator:
Wu Zhi-fan
Creation Place:
China
Measurements:
Diameter : 11.8~9.3 cm; Height: 18.9 cm
Material:
Bamboo
Form:
Bi-tong (brush-holder)
Type:
Wood and Bamboo Carvings
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description:
This brush-holder is sculpted from a piece of flat and dark brown bamboo. Two ends are each affixed to a wood piece to form an opened rim and a closed bottom. There are four foot-knobs sculpted from the bottom piece of wood. In the illustration on the wood piece, the personae has clothing, hair styles, and accessories alluding to three characters: Liu Be who wears an official hat, Guang Yunzhang who has a wide face with long bead, and Zhang Fei who wears a sword on his waist. They are the three brothers in Stories of the Warring period. This illustration depicts a famous scenario in the book where the three brothers visited the great sage, Zhu Gelan, three times before they could meet with Zhu.
ImageV ID:
M01P00025AS001
Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications