Brush pot and stand of carved bamboo with a design of Laozi, the 'old master': China, 17th century

Brush washer of quartz, carved in the form of a lotus leaf and flowers, with a frog perched at one end and a bird at the other: China, 19th century AD

Bowl of agate with reddish brown markings, shallow with underside carved with branch of sacred fungus (lingzhi) in bold relief: China, 18th century

Brushrest of bronze, representing mountain peaks with the sea and fish: China, Qing Dynasty, 17th century AD

Fine porcelain brushwasher with a blue glaze, with an engraved underglaze decoration of phoenixes on the interior, yingqing-yao or shadowy blue ware: China, Song dynasty, 960 - 1279 AD

Brush holder of grey-green jade, carved in the form of a mountain landscape with Shoulao (God of Longevity) holding a peach with an attendant, an inscription on the front, and a wooden stand, with storage box: China, Qing Dynasty, 18th century AD

Large brush with silver-gilt grip of handbell form, from the Lennoxlove toilet service, owned by Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox: French, Paris, assayed between September 1672 and October 1674

Small brush with silver-gilt grip of conical form, from the Lennoxlove toilet service, owned by Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox: French, Paris, assayed between April and September 1672

Handled pastry brush of hair and turned bone: British, 19th century

Alectura lathami, brush turkey, Gray, 1831, male

Pocillopora sp., brush coral, dried specimen

Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi, brush-tailed bettong

Petrogale penicillata, brush-tailed rock wallaby

Brush, of plant fibre: Yemen, 1970 - 1983

Brushrest in ivory, depicting Li Bai (Tang Dynasty poet) in contemplation: China, Qing Dynasty, 18th century AD