Figure of an oxcart, anonymous, c. 580 - c. 650

Identification

Title(s)

Figure of an oxcart

Object type

Object number

AK-RAK-1995-1

Description

Beeld (grafplastiek of grafgift) van aardewerk met resten van polychromie. Een zeboe-os en een ossenkar op twee wielen.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 580 - c. 650

School / style

Tang-dynasty (618-907)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

formed / fired / paint

Measurements

length 25.5 cm × width 8.8 cm × height 18.4 cm
length 16 cm × width 13 cm × height 16 cm
diameter 15 cm × depth 8.8 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of A.H. Hondius-Crone, Voorschoten

Acquisition

gift 31-Jan-1995

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; purchased on the London art market, c. 1920-1929 by Ada Helena Hondius-Crone (1893-1996), Voorschoten;{Note RMA.} by whom donated, through the mediation of her son Herbert von Saher (1923-2016), Bloemendaal, to the museum, 1995

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Parts

Documentation

Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 259-260, afb. 5a-b
Menno Fitski, 'Een Chinese ossenkar', Aziatische Kunst 43/2 (2013), pp. 31-34.
J. van Campen, 'Een ossekar uit de Tang-dynastie', 26 (1996) Aziatische Kunst 1 (maart), p. 21-25.

Persistent URL

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