Title(s)

Covered box in the shape of a conch

Object type

• box

Object number

AK-NM-6473

Description

Doos met deksel van porselein, bedekt met onderglazuur bruin en blauw. De doos is onregelmatig gevormd naar een schelp met daarop kleinere schelpen; de deksel met dezelfde decoratie.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1800 - c. 1825

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material

• porcelain
• glaze
• cobalt (mineral)

Technique

formed / fired / paint / vitrification

Measurements

height 9.5 cm
height 9 cm
length 13.4 cm × width 11.2 cm
length 14.5 cm × width 12.5 cm
length 12 cm × width 9 cm
height 3 cm × diameter 8.5 cm

What

• molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)

Acquisition

transferred 1885

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Shell-shaped Box (AK-NM-6473-A)
• Covered box in the shape of a conch (AK-NM-6473-B)

Related

• AC-00004154object | reproductionobject | reproductieBK2883 13x18RM0001.COLLECT.1500004153