Ganesha, anonymous, 850 - 930

Identification

Title(s)

Ganesha

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-251

Description

Ganesha.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Java

Dating

850 - 930

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

height 10.9 cm × width 6.5 cm × depth 5.3 cm × weight 424 gr

Subject

What

representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Jacques Aalderink, Amsterdam, 1949)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer Jacques Aalderink, Amsterdam, fl. 2,400, with 1 other object, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1949;{Note RMA.} From whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

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.81, cat.nr. 29
Oosterse schatten : 4000 jaar Aziatische Kunst [ : 1 1954a], cat.nr. 648
Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 283
Bulletin van de Veereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische kunst, 29 (1950) apr.
F.D.K. Bosch, 'Een drietal Hindoe-Javaanse bronzen godenfiguren', BVVAK (1950), p. 21-23.

Persistent URL

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