Box with dragons and pierced cover, anonymous, c. 1675 - c. 1699

Identification

Title(s)

Box with dragons and pierced cover

Object type

lid
box

Object number

AK-MAK-644-2

Inscriptions / marks

mark: ‘大明成化年製’

Description

Deksel van doos van dik porselein, bolvormige met vier ronde, opengewerkte medaillons en platte knop, beschilderd in onderglazuur bleu poudré (poederblauw) en rood. Op de deksel twee uitgespaarde draken die een vlammende parel achterna jagen in onderglazuur rood. De witte knop is beschilderd met een bloem. Barst in de deksel. Onderglazuur blauw met koperrood.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1675 - c. 1699

School / style

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

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

turning / fired / drawn thread work / paint / vitrification

Measurements

height 6 cm × diameter 22.8 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

Box with dragons and pierced cover (AK-MAK-644)

Documentation

Chinese ceramics in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : the Ming and Qing dynasties, p. 126, cat.nr. 129

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.632847

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