Insence box in the shape of a crane, anonymous, c. 1700 - before 1799

Identification

Title(s)

Insence box in the shape of a crane

Object type

incense box

Object number

AK-MAK-711

Description

Wierookdoos van steengoed, bedekt met een grijs glazuur. De doos is in de vorm van een zittende kraanvogel, die zijn snavel onder zijn vleugel steekt. Bizen.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1700 - before 1799

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

formed / fired / vitrification

Measurements

height 4.5 cm × length 8.1 cm × width 4.9 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

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1423

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