Water jar with five dancing figures and inscriptions, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1899

Identification

Title(s)

Water jar with five dancing figures and inscriptions

Object type

lid

Object number

AK-MAK-894-2

Inscriptions / marks

label: ‘W756’
mark

Description

Plat, houten deksel van waterpot (mizusashi) van steengoed.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1800 - c. 1899

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

wood (plant material)

Technique

paint / vitrification

Measurements

height 1.7 cm × diameter 12.1 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)

Relations

Is part of

Water jar with five dancing figures and inscriptions (AK-MAK-894)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.680861

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