Vase with 'taotie' masks in relief

anonymous, c. -0206 - c. 220

Mortuary pot showing two taotie masks China Han period (206 BC - AD 220) Earthenware with traces of unfired pigment Given by the heirs of Mrs A. Cohen Tervaert-Henny

  • Artwork typevase
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1399
  • Dimensionsheight 38.6 cm, diameter 17.2 cm, diameter 28.7 cm, diameter 17.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsaardewerk met resten van een beschildering

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Vase with 'taotie' masks in relief

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1399

  • Description

    Vaas van aardewerk, met een afgesleten beschildering. Op de buik tweemaal een 'taotie'-masker in reliëf. Hieronder en -boven meerdere horizontale banden. Vervaardigd naar een bronzen grafvaas.

Creation

  • Creation

    potter: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    c. -0206 - c. 220

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    aardewerk met resten van een beschildering

  • Dimensions

    • height 38.6 cm
    • diameter 17.2 cm
    • diameter 28.7 cm
    • diameter 17.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of the heirs of Adrienne Cohen Tervaert-Henny, 1985)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; donated by the heirs of Adrienne Cohen Tervaert-Henny (1889-1983) to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 3 July 1985;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1985

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  • Vase with 'taotie' masks in relief
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