이화여자대학교박물관

Brush holders and brush stands are stationery items with an intimate relation to literary activities. A brush holder is a round, square or hexagonal cask in which brushes are kept, and a brush rack is used to hang brushes. Casks larger than brush holders are usually paper roll holders, which come in a variety of shapes and designs. On display were simple wooden brush holders made from paulownia, zelkova, and bamboo, as well as brilliant wooden holders decorated with lacquer-ware inlaid with mother-of-pearl and black cinnabar lacquer, stone brush holders made with white, red, and green stone, and ceramic brush and paper holders dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. Most of the artifacts on display consisted of ceramic brush and paper roll holders, and, among these, the White Porcelain Paper Roll Holder with Tiger and Pine Tree Design, the White Porcelain Paper Roll Holder with Grapevine in Underglaze Blue and Iron, and brush holders with lotus, peach, plantain, and tortoise shell openwork designs were the highlight of the exhibition. All the brush stands exhibited were of ceramic. Among them, the fan and mountain-shaped plain white porcelain brush stand, and the mountain-shaped brush stand with landscape design in underglaze blue were extraordinary.