Description:

Pots of this shape were used for storing brushes with the tips up to avoid damaging them. This one has a design of interlaced dragons and the Chinese characters for ‘sun’ and ‘moon’. Together these characters also stand for the concepts of yin and yang, the ancient Chinese theory of the two opposite and complementary principles in nature.

Glass, carved overlay
Height: 12.3 cm, diameter: 7.2 c

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1800-1900, Qing dynasty

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4668