Applique

anonymous, -0800 - -0500

Clasp in the shape of two elephants. China. Western Zhou period (1050 -771 BC). Bronze.

  • Artwork typeapplique
  • Object numberAK-MAK-14
  • Dimensionswidth 4.3 cm x height 4.5 cm x depth 1 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Applique

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-14

  • Description

    Decor bestaande uit kop en lichaam van twee fabeldieren. Het patina is grijsgroen.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -0800 - -0500

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    width 4.3 cm x height 4.5 cm x depth 1 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase heirs Henri Cornelis Gallois, 1949)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Henri Cornelis Gallois (1885-1938);{Note RMA.}… ; from his heirs, fl. 350, with two other objects, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1949;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • H.F.E. Visser, Asiatic art in private collections in Holland and Belgium, 1948, nr. 44, pl. 33.

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