Title(s)

Spirit keg in the shape of a Dutchman sitting astride a barrel

Object type

• cap
• figure

Object number

AK-NM-9536-B

Description

Dop in de vorm van een hoofd voor jeneverkruik van porselein, beschilderd in onderglazuur blauw. Blauw-wit.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Japan (possibly)

Dating

c. 1750

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material

• porcelain
• glaze
• cobalt (mineral)

Technique

formed / fired / paint / vitrification

Measurements

height 8.4 cm × width 7 cm × depth 7.1 cm

Acquisition

transferred 1892

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Gin Jug (AK-NM-9536)

• Fine and curious : Japanese export porcelain in Dutch collections, p. 288, cat.nr. 364
• S. Groot, 'Tentoonstelling : Japan', Aziatische Kunst 37 (2007), nr. 4, p. 36, afb. 6.