Mirror with scalloped edge, four birds and arabesques

anonymous, -0500 - -0200

In het middenveld vier vogels, gecombineerd met zwierige arabesken; geschulpte rand. Het patina is lichtgroen en loodkleurig.

  • Artwork typemirror
  • Object numberAK-MAK-29
  • Dimensionsdiameter 18.4 cm x height 1 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mirror with scalloped edge, four birds and arabesques

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-29

  • Description

    In het middenveld vier vogels, gecombineerd met zwierige arabesken; geschulpte rand. Het patina is lichtgroen en loodkleurig.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -0500 - -0200

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    diameter 18.4 cm x height 1 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase C.T. Loo, Paris, 1933)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from C.T. Loo, Paris, fl. 437, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1933;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • Filippo Salviati, 'Stylistic features of some pre-Han Chinese mirrors in the Rijksmuseum Collection, Amsterdam', Aziatische Kunst 27/1 (1997), pp. 21-28.
    • Robert van Langh en Menno Fitski, 'Reflecties op een spiegel', Aziatische Kunst 31/4 (2001), pp. 23-27.
    • Eveline Kamstra, 'Reflectie van een Chinese spiegel', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 68, afb. 4.

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  • Mirror with scalloped edge, four birds and arabesques
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