Applique

anonymous, -0500 - -0200

Ornament in the form of a taotie mask. China. Early Eastern Zhou period (722 - 481 BC). Jade.

  • Artwork typeapplique
  • Object numberAK-MAK-56
  • Dimensionswidth 3.6 cm x height 3.2 cm x depth 1.4 cm

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Applique

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-56

  • Description

    Applique in de vorm van een taotie in lichtgroene met lichtbruine plekken ingevreten jade

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -0500 - -0200

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    width 3.6 cm x height 3.2 cm x depth 1.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Herman Visser, 1948)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Herman Floris Eduard Visser (1890-1965), fl. 1,060, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1948;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • Asiatic Art, no. 117.
    • Helga Lormans, 'Vroege Chinese jades in het Rijksmuseum', Aziatische Kunst 26/1 (1996), pp. 26-30.

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