Spiegel versierd met vier apen, anonymous, -400 - -200

Identification

Title(s)

Spiegel versierd met vier apen

Object type

mirror

Object number

AK-MAK-1462

Description

Bronzen spiegel versierd met vier apen die elkaar bij de staart grijpen.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

-0400 - -0200

School / style

Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.)

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

diameter 16.6 cm × height 0.6 cm

Subject

What

monkeys, apes

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Mr and Mrs Van Beek, 1993)

Acquisition

loan 1993

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; donated by Mr and Mrs Van Beek, Arnhem, for the 75th anniversary of the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, February 1993;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1993

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Aziatische Kunst: mededelingenblad van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst
Keuze uit de aanwinsten [1995-1], p. 77, afb. 14
Filippo Salviati, 'Stylistic features of some pre-Han Chinese mirrors in the Rijksmuseum Collection, Amsterdam', Aziatische Kunst 27/1 (1997), pp. 21-28.
Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Aanwinst : Bronzen spiegel uit de Chu-cultuur', Aziatische Kunst 23/3 (1993), pp. 18-21.

Persistent URL

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