Ritual Cauldron, anonymous, c. -1200 - c. -1000

Identification

Title(s)

Ritual Cauldron
Rituele offerschaal

Object type

ritual object

Object number

AK-MAK-6

Description

Ritueel vat voor voedsel. Rijke decoratie in drie zones; uitspringende verticale lijsten. Deze gui heeft geen oren.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. -1200 - c. -1000

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

height c. 12 cm × diameter c. 16 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Orvar Karlbeck, 1935)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer Orvar Karlbeck, fl. 630, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1935;{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, Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, p. 36, cat.nr. 8
Ancient Chinese bronzes, William 1917-2007 Watson
Oosterse schatten: 4000 jaar Aziatische kunst, cat.nr. 15
Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 6
The Museum of Far Eastern antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet) Stockholm
Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten, (1935), jan., p. 30
Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten, (1938), p. 125

Persistent URL

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