Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:13th–14th century Culture:China Medium:Bronze Dimensions:H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) H. to rim: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) W. at rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Classification:Metalwork Credit Line:Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2014 Accession Number:2014.767 This charming brush washer has a compressed globular body that rests on three short, cloud-shaped feet. Its exterior is finely cast with a pair of chi dragons clambering sinuously with their paws on the mouth rim: one with its head arched upwards, the other peering into the interior of the washer. The entire vessel is covered with a warm variegated patina with no trace of being buried underground.
Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:13th–14th century Culture:China Medium:Bronze Dimensions:H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) H. to rim: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) W. at rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Classification:Metalwork Credit Line:Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2014 Accession Number:2014.767 This charming brush washer has a compressed globular body that rests on three short, cloud-shaped feet. Its exterior is finely cast with a pair of chi dragons clambering sinuously with their paws on the mouth rim: one with its head arched upwards, the other peering into the interior of the washer. The entire vessel is covered with a warm variegated patina with no trace of being buried underground.