Necklace and Decorative Chain with Terminals, anonymous, c. 900 - c. 1000

Identification

Title(s)

Necklace and Decorative Chain with Terminals
Necklace

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1307

Description

Elk deel van de ketting heeft de vorm een tijgerklauw.

Creation

Artist

goldsmith: anonymous

Place

Indonesia

Dating

c. 900 - c. 1000

Material and Technique

Material

gold (metal)

Technique

repoussé

Measurements

length 29 cm × width 18 cm × height 15 cm × weight 34.84 gr

Subject

What

beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger (+ claws, paws of an animal)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Jelske Wagenaar-Terpstra, 1979)

Acquisition

loan 1979

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from Mrs Jelske Wagenaar-Terpstra, Amsterdam, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1979;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1979

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 187, cat.nr. 206
Keuze uit de aanwinsten van de afdeling Aziatische Kunst, p. 81-82, afb. 14
P. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Ancient Gold Jewellery from Central Java', Arts of Asia (July-August 1994).
F. Heiler, Erscheinungsformen und Wesen der Religionen, Die Religionen der Menscheit, Bd. I, 1961, p. 341 e.v.
M. Th. de Mallmann, 'A propos d'une coiffure et d'une collier d'Avalotites'vara, Oriental Art I (1949) 4, p. 168-176.

Persistent URL

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