File:BLW Brush Pot with Kui Xing.jpg

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Gui Xing 鬼星 God of Literature Holding a Brush

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Britain Loves Wikipedia at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Brush Pot with Kui Xing
English: Brush Pot with Kui Xing

China
1700-20
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and red.

This brushpot is decorated with an image of Kui Xing, the God of Literature, standing on one leg on the head of a mythical creature called Ao. Kui Xing holds a writing brush in his right hand and a measure of grain (dou) in his left hand. The measure represents a container for wisdom and inspiration.

Collection ID: C.976-1910

This photo was taken as part of Britain Loves Wikipedia in February 2010 by David Jackson.

Date Photographed in February 2010
Source Originally uploaded at http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/
Author David Jackson

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current04:50, 28 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 04:50, 28 March 20192,305 × 2,101 (736 KB)Johnbod (talk | contribs)Cropped 29 % horizontally, 14 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
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