Lidded jar

anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1685

The octagonal shape of this jar after a Chinese model was a technical tour de force. Slabs of clay were cut away from a thick-walled, round jar to create the eight facets.

  • Artwork typedekselpot
  • Object numberBK-NM-12400-445
  • Dimensionsheight 83.5 cm x diameter 45 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Vase with Cover painted with Asian Figures
    • Lidded jar

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-12400-445

  • Description

    Dekselpot van faïence, in blauw en paars beschilderd met Chinese figuren in een landschap, een decoratie naar het Chinese porselein uit de overgangsperiode.

Creation

  • Creation

    plateelbakkerij: anonymous, Delft

  • Dating

    c. 1670 - c. 1685

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 83.5 cm x diameter 45 cm

Explanatory note

  • Voorstellingen gebaseerd op prenten uit O. Dapper, Gedenkwaerdig bedryf der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Maetschappye, op de kuste en in het Keizerrijk van Taising of Sina [...], Amsterdam 1670

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague

  • Acquisition

    gift 1916

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

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