Door handles

anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699

The handles are decorated with a five-clawed dragon. Each monster head holds the handle in its mouth. Monsters and dragons were appropriate motifs for door fittings as they warded off evil spirits.

  • Artwork typedeurhengsel
  • Object numberAK-MAK-500-A
  • Dimensionswidth 23.5 cm x height 36.6 cm x depth 9 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Door handles
    • Door handle

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-500-A

  • Description

    Deurhengsel, versierd met vijfklauwige draak. Opmerking: zie ook AK-MAK-500-B.

Creation

  • Creation

    bronze caster: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    c. 1600 - c. 1699

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    width 23.5 cm x height 36.6 cm x depth 9 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Gerrit-Jan Verburgt bequest, 1969)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Gerrit-Jan Verburgt (1871-1926), The Hague, 1926;{Note RMA.} his widow Carolina Geertruida Verburgt-Kramers (1876-1968), The Hague, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1969;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • Cat. Legaat Verburgt, nr. 9. (Bulletin van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst. Derde Serie 19-20 (1970))
    • Henry L. Joly, W.L. Behrens Collections, Fasc. II Pt. IV Chinese and Japanese missecellanea, London 1913-1914, nr. 419, pl. XXXII.

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