Tea caddy with prunus blossoms and an ornamental border, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1899

Identification

Title(s)

Tea caddy with prunus blossoms and an ornamental border

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-843

Description

Cilindrische stoftheebus of chaire van steengoed met een ivoren deksel, beschilderd in rood, groen en goud. Op de wand losse kersenbloesems; op de schouder een band met een gestileerd bloempatroon in ruiten. De onderzijde is ongeglazuurd. Awata (Satsuma?).

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1800 - c. 1899

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868) / Meiji-period (1868-1912)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

turning / fired / paint / gild / vitrification

Measurements

height 4 cm
height 3.7 cm
diameter 3.2 cm
diameter 5.8 cm
diameter 3.3 cm
height 0.7 cm × diameter 3.3 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

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1469

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