Fabeldier, anonymous, 1368 - 1644

Identification

Title(s)

Fabeldier

Object type

sculpture

Object number

AK-MAK-59

Description

Liggend fabeldier, versierd in haut- en bas-reliëf en arabesken. Licht grijsgroene jade. Op houten sokkel.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

1368 - 1644

School / style

Ming-dynasty (1368-1644)

Material and Technique

Material

jade (rock)

Measurements

height c. 12.5 cm × width c. 23 cm × depth c. 12 cm

Subject

What

fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Frederik Muller, 1938)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; anonymous sale, Dordrecht (A. Mak), 13 and 14 October 1925, no. 92 (ill);...collection Knoops;{Note RMA.}...; sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 1938, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 65
Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten, 1940 (oktober), pp. 285-286, afb. p. 285.
Veilingscat. MAK, Art de la Chine et des Indes Orientales, oct. 1925, cat.nr. 92.

Persistent URL

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