Square bottle with prunus and chrysanthemum, anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1730

painting, h 22cm × l 1.8cm × w 1.8cm More details

Three Square Bottles. The practice of embellishing undecorated Asian porcelain in Europe was not uncommon. The two Japanese bottles on the right are painted in a Kakiemon style, which may have actually been executed in Meissen.

Identification

Title(s)

Square bottle with prunus and chrysanthemum

Object type

Object number

BK-1968-259-A

Inscriptions / marks

label: ‘Collectie Westendorp/ 122’

Description

Vierkante fles van porselein, met lange hals, beschilderd op het glazuur in blauw, rood, groen, aubergine, zwart en goud met afwisselend op de vier wanden een prunus en chrysant. Bij de hals afhangende bloemen en bladeren aan een lus. Dubbele rode lijn langs de mondrand. Chip in de rand. Oud label op de onderzijde met 'Collectie Westendorp/ 122'. Kakiemon-decor, wellicht uitgevoerd in Meissen. Fles Japans.

Creation

Artist

anonymous
painter: anonymous

Place

Japan
painter: Meissen (possibly)

Dating

c. 1670 - c. 1730

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

painting / gilding / vitrification

Measurements

height 22 cm
length 1.8 cm × width 1.8 cm
length 9.3 cm × width 9.2 cm
length 5.3 cm × width 5.1 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

B. Westendorp-Osieck Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1968

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Vierkante fles met prunus en chrysant

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.3395

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