Cylindrical wine ewer with dragon-shaped spout and handle, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1699

Identification

Title(s)

Cylindrical wine ewer with dragon-shaped spout and handle

Object type

ewer
flagon

Object number

AK-MAK-570-1

Description

Wijnkan van porselein, bedekt met een doorschijnend wit glazuur. Cilindrische kan met plat deksel met knop in de vorm van een opgekrulde draak; op het lichaam een licht ingegrifte rechthoek en gemodelleerde band; de tuit en het oor in de vorm van een chilong (hoornloze draak). Ongeglazuurde onderzijde. Blanc de Chine.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1699

School / style

Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Shunzhi-period (1644-1661) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

turning / formed / vitrification

Measurements

height 15.3 cm
height 13.5 cm
diameter 8.9 cm
length 15.3 cm
height 3.5 cm × diameter 5.7 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

…; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{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

Is part of

Pitcher with small dragons (AK-MAK-570)

Documentation

Chinese ceramics in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: the Ming and Qing dynasties, C.J.A. Jörg (Christiaan Jan Adriaan) , 1944-, p. 240, cat.nr. 272

Persistent URL

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