Incense box in the shape of a chestnut, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1799

Identification

Title(s)

Incense box in the shape of a chestnut

Object type

incense box

Object number

AK-MAK-708

Inscriptions / marks

mark: ‘Kenzan’

Description

Wierookdoos van steengoed, bedekt met een bruin en crèmekleurig glazuur. Op de binnenzijde gesigneerd met 'kenzan'. Oud label op de binnenzijde met 'Tomkinson Collection/ 229'. Kyoyaki.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1700 - c. 1799

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

formed / fired / vitrification

Measurements

height 3.2 cm
height 1.5 cm
diameter 5.8 cm
height 2.1 cm × diameter 5.8 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)

Documentation

Japanse ceramiek : [catalogus van de jubileumtentoonstelling, georganiseerd door de Vereeniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst ter gelegenheid van haar 45-jarig bestaan, gehouden in het Rĳksmuseum te Amsterdam van] 11 oktober [tot] 30 november [1958], cat.nr. 54
Catalogus der tentoonstelling van Aziatische kunst in particuliere en openbare collecties in Nederland, cat.nr. 521
Cat. Collectie Tomkinson, p. 94, nr. 229.

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1420

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