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Cover for a carriage axle, anonymous, -1100 - -800

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Cover for a carriage axle, anonymous, -1100 - -800

bronze (metal), h 10.8cm × w 14.3cm × d 8.5cm More details

On display in Asian pavilion, room 2

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Identification

Title(s)

Cover for a carriage axle

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-15

Description

Het fragment heeft een rechthoekige bovenplaat met twee afgeronde punten en oplopende randen. Het buisvormig gedeelte heeft een ei-vormige doorsnee. Decoratie met een taotie.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

-1100 - -800

School / style

Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.)

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

height 10.8 cm × width 14.3 cm × depth 8.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Theodor Bohlken, Berlijn, 1931)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer Theodor Bohlken, Berlin, fl. 500, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1931;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Oosterse schatten : 4000 jaar Aziatische Kunst [ : 1 1954a], cat.nr. 28

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.594