Rituele plengbeker

anonymous, -1300 - -1000

Two libation beakers (jue). China. Late Shang period (1300 - 1050 BC). Bronze. The jue was used to heat and pour wine in ceremonial libations. The handles were used for lifting the heated vessel with a pair of tongs. The spout is to facilitate pouring. Acquired with support of the Vereniging Rembrandt.

  • Artwork typeritual object, plengbeker, jue
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1322-B
  • Dimensionsheight 21.5 cm x width 16 cm x depth 9 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Ritual libation vessel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1322-B

  • Description

    Beker op drievoet, met een uitkragende rand en een grote schenktuit. Twee oren en twee opstaande knoppen aan de rand.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -1300 - -1000

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 21.5 cm x width 16 cm x depth 9 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Baronesse H.M. van Heeckeren van Waliën-Tetrode, 1981)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; art dealer William H. Wolff, New York, £ 650, to Bluett and Sons, London, 9 May 1961;{letter Dominic Jellinek} from Bluett, £1000, to Baronesse H.M. van Heeckeren van Waliën-Tetrode, Amstelveen, 7 September 1961; from her, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1981;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1981

Documentation

    • K.W. Lim en P. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Jaarverslag Vereniging Rembrandt (1981), p. 45-46.
    • K.W. Lim en P. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Een stel bronzen plengbekers', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 11/3 (1981), pp. 6-7.

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