Ovoid jar 'Tradescant' with lotus scrolls in relief, anonymous, c. 1600

Identification

Title(s)

Ovoid jar 'Tradescant' with lotus scrolls in relief

Object type

pot

Object number

AK-MAK-648

Description

Eivormige pot van steengoed met een brede hals en spreidende rand, bedekt met een groen en geel glazuur. Op de wand en schouder geappliceerde lotusranken. Rond de voet een band met opstaande bladmotieven. Op de schouder zes C-vormige oren. Glazuur laat op sommige plekken los. 'Tradescant Jar'.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1600

School / style

Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) / Wanli-period (1573-1619)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

relief (sculpture technique) / vitrification

Measurements

height 24.2 cm
diameter 11.1 cm
diameter 23.1 cm
diameter 13.3 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)

Persistent URL

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