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An Idea (for the Journey)

Edmund de Waal, 2013

The ceramist and writer Edmund de Waal made this work specially for the Rijksmuseum. The two display cases resemble a pair of hanging scroll paintings, or two pages of a book with the rows of porcelain pots as lines of text. At the same time, the white and gold vessels engage in a dialogue with the Chinese and Japanese porcelain on view in the Asian Pavilion.

  • Artwork typeinstallation (visual work)
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1735
  • Dimensionsheight 152 cm x width 65 cm x depth 15 cm
  • Physical characteristicsaluminium, perspex, porselein en goud

Identification

  • Title(s)

    An Idea (for the Journey)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1735

  • Description

    24 potten van porselein, een aantal met goud, in twee vitrines van aluminium en perspex.

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: Edmund de Waal, London

  • Dating

    2013

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    aluminium, perspex, porselein en goud

  • Dimensions

    height 152 cm x width 65 cm x depth 15 cm

Explanatory note

  • Kisten en 2 losse dozen behorend tot bruikleen opgenomen in verpakkingsmodule onder nummer K-025 en K-026.

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Edmund de Waal, 2013)

  • Copyright

    Edmund de Waal

  • Provenance

    donated by the artist to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 2013

Documentation

    • Annette Löseke en Anna Grasskamp, 'Framing 'Asia' : results from a visitor study at the Rijksmuseum's Asian Pavilion', Aziatische Kunst 44 (2014) nr. 2, p. 54, fig. 5.
    • E. de Waal, 'An idea (for the journey)', Aziatische Kunst 43/3 (2013), pp. 17-21.

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