Funeral figure of a horse's head, anonymous, c. 220 - c. 589

Identification

Title(s)

Funeral figure of a horse's head

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-62

Description

Graffiguur van aardewerk, beschilderd in roodbruin. Het paardenhoofd, fragment van een compleet paard.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 220 - c. 589

School / style

Six Dynasties (220-589)

Material and Technique

Material

earthenware

Technique

paint

Measurements

height 13.3 cm × length 16.3 cm × width 5.2 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Carolina Geertruida Verburgt-Kramers, 1928)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased from C.T. Loo by H.F.E. Visser on behalf of G.J. Verburgt, 1920;{Note RMA.}; donated by Carolina Geertruida Verburgt-Kramers (1876-1968) to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1928;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 68
Tentoonstelling van Chineesche kunst [ : 1 1925], cat.nr. 135
Legaat verburgt. Bulletin van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst. Derde Serie 19-20 (1970) (nr. 12).

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