Taiyi, anonymous, c. 1680 - c. 1720

Identification

Title(s)

Taiyi

Object type

figure

Object number

AK-MAK-1397

Description

Ivoor voorstellende de taoïstische god Taiyi.

Creation

Artist

ivory carver: anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1680 - c. 1720

Material and Technique

Material

ivory

Technique

cutting

Measurements

height 25.9 cm × width 7.5 cm × depth 5.6 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Wijnanda Helena van Beever-Rode bequest, 1984)

Acquisition

loan 1984

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Wiegersma, Delft, by Wijnanda Helena van Beever-Rode, somewhere between 1940 and 1950 ?;{Note RMA.} donated from her bequest by her daughter Mrs A.L. Spijksma-van Beever to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, May 1984;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1984

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Masters of the knife : Chinese carving in wood, ivory and soapstone, p. 155, afb. 1
Christine van der Pijl, 'Een Chinees ivoren beeldje', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 15/3 (1985), pp. 4-6.

Persistent URL

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