Demonic figure, anonymous, 800 - 900

Identification

Title(s)

Demonic figure

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-243

Description

Fragment van Durga Mahishasura mardini (een buffeldemon)

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Midden-Java

Dating

800 - 900

Material and Technique

Material

andesite

Measurements

height 39.0 cm × width 20.0 cm × depth 18.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Herman Karel Westendorp, 1923 or -24)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 1919, no. 1548, fl. 50, to Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941);{Note RMA.} donated by whom to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1923 or 1924;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 166, cat.nr. 179
Oosterse schatten : 4000 jaar Aziatische Kunst [ : 1 1954a], cat.nr. 624
Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 275
Catalogus der tentoonstelling van Indische beeldhouwkunst in het Gemeente-Museum te 's Gravenhage ... van 17 Sept. tot half Oct. 1922, cat.nr. 35
Jaarverslag / Vereeniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 4 (1923-1924), fig. 6.
Rapti Miedema, 'De Javaanse Demon van Westendorp', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 24-27.
Veilingcat. Porcelaines et objects d'art, (Frederfik Muller), 25 november 1919, nr. 1548.

Persistent URL

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