Brush handle with dragons and clouds, one of a pair

Brush handles were made in a variety of different materials, of which porcelain is one of the least common. Each of the handles is hollow, and open at one end to insert the brush. This pair is decorated with two dragons in iron-red, one descending from the closed top, the other rising below it, and with the five bats wufu, all in iron-red with the eyes picked out in black, flying among dense underglaze-blue clouds. This shows the luxurious uses to which porcelain was applied for Imperial use.