Kogo (incense storage box), Zokoku, 1825 - 1875

Identification

Title(s)

Kogo (incense storage box)
Wierookdoos

Object type

incense box

Object number

AK-MAK-684

Description

Rond doosje met een roodbruin oppervlak. Versierd met behulp van de guribori-techniek, waardoor verschillende lagen rood en zwart zichtbaar zijn. Inscriptie op de bodem en gesigneerd "zokoku".

Creation

Artist

Zokoku

Place

Japan

Dating

1825 - 1875

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

diameter 7.5 cm × height 2.5 cm

Subject

What

ornament ~ spiral and derived from spiral, e.g.: Greek wave

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)

Documentation

Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 122, cat.nr. 130

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1579

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