Folding Screens

anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1850

A mythological hoo bird is depicted on the left screen. Together with the paulownia tree it is a symbol of sound statesmanship, and a popular subject for works of art of the ruling Japanese elite in the Edo period (1600-1868). At that time Japan was largely cut off from the world; the ships depicted in the right screen come from two of the very few countries that had access to Japan, namely China and the Netherlands.

  • Artwork typekamerscherm
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1405
  • Dimensionsheight 160 cm x width 346 cm x width 315 cm, width 59 cm, width 57 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbrush and ink, gold leaf

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Folding Screens

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1405

  • Description

    Zesdelig kamerscherm met een voorstelling van een phoenix op een boom.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    c. 1750 - c. 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    brush and ink, gold leaf

  • Dimensions

    • height 160 cm x width 346 cm x width 315 cm
    • width 59 cm
    • width 57 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Willem Frederik Lodewijk Graaf van Bijlandt, 1986)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; on loan from Willem Frederik Lodewijk Graaf van Bijlandt (1890-1996) to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, April 1953;{Note RMA.} donated by Willem Frederik Lodewijk Graaf van Bijlandt (1890-1996) to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 28 February 1986;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1986

Documentation

  • Menno Fitski, 'Feniks en paulownia : Een kamerscherm van W.F.L. graaf van Bylandt', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 109-111.

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