Primitive Handmade Whisk-type Brush with Wire Wrapped Wood Handle - Reserved for J.L George Kills 5" wide x 4" long

5" wide x 4" long

just gorgeous

though it reminds me so much of the work of Clarice Cliff (British)

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

The small vessel is made of high-fire porcelain coated with brown slip and incised

Primitive Handmade Whisk-type Brush with Wire Wrapped Wood Handle - Reserved for J.L George Kills 5" wide x 4" longThis may be my favorite brush yet! I think the construction is amazing, with what I believe are horsehair bristles running both horizontally, along the handle and, and vertically, tethered by wire, and then bound again by stitched string. The lines, patterns, textures make this feel as much like sculpture as a functional object, and a really satisfying and substantial one. Just gorgeous. I believe there was once a metal end cap attached to the end of