Incense burner in the shape of the godess Uzume, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1899

Identification

Title(s)

Incense burner in the shape of the godess Uzume

Object type

incense box

Object number

AK-MAK-800

Description

Wierookdoos van aardewerk in de vorm van de Shinto-godin Uzume (godin van de vrolijkheid en opgewektheid), gedeeltelijk bedekt met een wit glazuur en beschilderd op het glazuur in rood, groen, geel, aubergine en zwart. Kyoyaki.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1800 - c. 1899

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

formed / fired / paint / vitrification

Measurements

height 5.9 cm
height 3 cm
diameter 5.7 cm
height 4.6 cm × diameter 5.9 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.1427

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