Ornament in the form of a mythical beast, anonymous, 800 - 950

Title(s)

Ornament in the form of a mythical beast

Object type

• sculpture

Object number

AK-MAK-1190

Description

Ornament in de vorm van een fabeldier

Artist

• brazier: anonymous

Place

Indonesia

Dating

800 - 950

Material

• bronze (metal)

Measurements

height 6.0 cm × width 10.0 cm × depth 2.0 cm

Credit line

• On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (A.F.M. Minkenhof-Van Aalten bequest, 1969)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Divine bronzes : ancient Indonesian bronzes A.D. 600 to 1600 : catalogue of the exhibition organised in collaboration with the Society of Friend of Asiatic Art held in the Department of Asiatic Art, p. 166, cat.nr. 114
• Bulletin van de Veereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische kunst, 21 (1972), pp. 8-10, pl. 5.
• Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Elegante topstukjes', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 37-43.
• K.W. Lim. 'Legaat van mevr. F.M. Minkenhof-van Aalten', BVVAK (1972) 21, p. 2-18 (nr. 5).