Spiegel met een knop in de vorm van een masker

anonymous, -0200 - -0100

Mirror with a monster's head eye and decorated with entwined arabesques and animal figures. Western Han period (206 BC - AD 9).

  • Artwork typemirror
  • Object numberAK-MAK-32
  • Dimensionsdiameter 11.6 cm x height 0.6 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mirror with a monster's head eye

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-32

  • Description

    Knop in de vorm van monsterkopje; decoratie van in elkaar verstrengelde arabesken en dierfiguren. Het patina is grijsgroen.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -0200 - -0100

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    diameter 11.6 cm x height 0.6 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Orvar Karlbeck, 1931)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer Orvar Karlbeck, fl. 30, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1931 or 1932;{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.

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