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

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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.
Catalogue reference
- 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.

Creation

Creation
maker: Edmund de Waal, London
Dating
2013
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Material and technique

Physical description
aluminium, perspex, porselein en goud
Material
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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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200560223