Funeral figure in the shape of a courtly lady, anonymous, c. 618 - c. 907

Identification

Title(s)

Funeral figure in the shape of a courtly lady

Object type

tomb figure

Object number

AK-MAK-538

Description

Graffiguur van aardewerk, met sporen van polychromie. Een hofdame met een hoofddeksel en rijke kleding. Tang.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 618 - c. 907

School / style

Tang-dynasty (618-907)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

formed / fired / paint

Measurements

height 38.5 cm × length 12.1 cm × width 10.9 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer Léon Wannieck, Paris, frs. 5,250, to Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1924;{Note RMA.}…; his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 46-47, cat.nr. 22
Aziatische kunst uit het legaat Westendorp, cat.nr. 37
Oosterse schatten : 4000 jaar Aziatische Kunst [ : 1 1954a], cat.nr. 116
Chineesche ceramiek : handboek geschreven naar aanleiding van de verzamelingen in het museum het Princessehof te Leeuwarden [ : 1 1946], Nanne Ottema
Chineesche kunst
Tentoonstelling van Chineesche kunst [ : 1 1925], cat.nr. 130
H.F.E. Visser, Asiatic art in private collections in Holland and Belgium, Amsterdam, 1948, nr. 163, pl. 86.

Persistent URL

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