Saucer-dish with a lavender blue glaze, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1100 - c. 1124

vitrification, d 17.5cm More details

Two Dishes. Jun stoneware was made primarily in the Yu district of Henan Province. The light blue glaze is thick and opaque and consists of iron and copper pigments. The copper oxidizes under the right conditions during the firing process, resulting in the crimson and purple splashes visible on these dishes.

Identification

Title(s)

Saucer-dish with a lavender blue glaze

Object type

dish

Object number

AK-MAK-540

Description

Schaal van steengoed, bedekt met een lichtblauw, licht gecraqueleerd glazuur. Naar de rand verandert de kleur naar een geelbruine tint. De voetring is ongeglazuurd. Jun.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1100 - c. 1124

School / style

Song-dynasty (960-1279)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

vitrification

Measurements

diameter 17.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Herman Karel Westendorp bequest, 1968)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 72, cat.nr. 49

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1155

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