Blue Magpies

anonymous, 1368 - 1644

This pair of paintings depicts the winter and summer with different birds. While they may be viewed as companion pieces, each picture can also function as an independent work. Another possibility is that both originally belonged to a series of four paintings depicting the four seasons.

  • Artwork typehanging scroll
  • Object numberAK-MAK-96-B
  • Dimensionsheight 220 cm x width 38.3 cm, width 51.2 cm, width 566 mm, diameter 48 mm, diameter 26 mm, height 7.5 cm x width 60.5 cm x depth 8 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Blue Magpies

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-96-B

  • Description

    Rolschildering met voorstelling van blauwe eksters. In houten doos.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    1368 - 1644

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 220 cm x width 38.3 cm
    • width 51.2 cm
    • width 566 mm
    • diameter 48 mm
    • diameter 26 mm
    • height 7.5 cm x width 60.5 cm x depth 8 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Betsy Westendorp-Osieck, 1952)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer Fukuda, Kyoto, JPY 550, to the Vereniging Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1930;{Note RMA.} from them, in exchange for AK-MAK-173, to Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1936;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} by whom donated to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1952;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • Menno Fitski, 'Japanse schilderkunst uit bezit van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst', Aziatische Kunst 30/1 (2000), pp. 1-42.

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