Tweedelig scherm

anonymous, 1700 - 1800

Two Folding Screens. Both screens feature a nocturnal moonlit scene. A nobleman plays the koto, a Japanese zither with 11 strings, for a lady-in-waiting. This is a scene from Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), an 11th-century novel recounting Prince Genji’s romantic escapades. The rabbits allude to the mythical variant of this creature, which lives on the moon and pounds the ingredients for the elixir of life in a mortar.

  • Artwork typescreen
  • Object numberAK-MAK-718
  • Dimensionsheight 150 cm x height 90 cm x width 158 cm x depth 9.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Tweedelig scherm

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-718

  • Description

    Scherm, tweedelig, voorstellende konijnen

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    1700 - 1800

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 150 cm x height 90 cm x width 158 cm x depth 9.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the Parisian art market, frs. 5,000, to Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1923;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • H.F.E. Visser, Asiatic art in private collections in Holland and Belgium, Amstedam 1948, cat.nr. 277, pl. 159.

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