Vase

anonymous, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1799

The relief ornamentation of this vase consists of counting rods (sangi): little wooden sticks of different lengths used for mathematical calculations.

  • Artwork typevase
  • Object numberAK-MAK-728
  • Dimensionsheight 33.5 cm, diameter 4.2 cm, length 8.5 cm x width 8.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicssteengoed

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Vase with sangi motif
    • Vase

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-728

  • Description

    Smalle, onregelmatige gevormde vierkante vaas van steengoed. De vier wanden in reliëf versierd met een sangi (rekenstokjes)-motief. Bizen.

Creation

  • Creation

    • potter: anonymous, Japan
    • potter: anonymous, Bizen

  • Dating

    c. 1700 - c. 1799

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    steengoed

  • Dimensions

    • height 33.5 cm
    • diameter 4.2 cm
    • length 8.5 cm x width 8.2 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • 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

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