Unique handworn / polished natural burl wood brush rest in the shape of a mink okimono. The low long shape makes for an ideal brush rest for an calligrapher. Warm tones of red, orange, and black blended together with a original patina built over time.
Comes with original tomobaku (fitted kiri wood box).
Scholar’s objects were, in a sense, the luxury goods of their time, but rather than wealth what they really represented was the physical embodiment of the scholar’s intellectual curiosity and aesthetic taste.

mid to late Edo Period (1603 - 1868)

Object: 8 1/2" long X 2 3/4" wide X 4" high