SONG-MING DYNASTY (960-1368)

Compare a similar bronze brush rest (16.8 cm. wide) dated to the Southern Song to Yuan dynasties in the collection of Shoden-eigen-in, Kennin-ji, Kyoto, illustrated in The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics and Metalwares, Tokyo, 2004, no. 41.