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Ghanta, anonymous, 900 - 1600

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Ghanta, anonymous, 900 - 1600

bronze (metal), h 18.5cm × d 9.3cm More details

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Identification

Title(s)

Ghanta

Object type

musical instrument
percussion instrument
jingle
bell (idiophone)
handbell
ghanta

Object number

AK-MAK-254

Description

Bronzen sculptuur van een bel met geleed handvat en de top gevormd door lotuskussen waarop een vijfpuntige wajra.

Creation

Artist

brazier: anonymous

Place

Oost-Java

Dating

0900 - 1600

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

height 18.5 cm × diameter 9.3 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

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

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from an anonymus collection, Nijmegen, fl. 250, 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)

Relations

AC-00001548object | reproductionobject | reproductieF3484-12RM0001.COLLECT.1500001547

Documentation

Divine bronze: 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, Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, p. 120, cat.nr. 68
Oosterse schatten: 4000 jaar Aziatische kunst, cat.nr. 674
Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 287

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1969