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

It is in excellent condition and signed on the bottom

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

Another curious tool

with just a bit of tearing to the paper label

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