Bell from a carillon, polychrome painted with a Kakiemon pattern
Also known as: Klok van een carillon, veelkleurig beschilderd met een Kakiemon-decor
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1732 - c. 1737
Bell from a carillon, made of polychrome painted porcelain. The bell is painted with a lion, a flying dragon and branches with Indianische Blumen. Painted on top are flowers in blue and yellow on a green ground, and along the rim and on the shoulder is an ornamental border in gold.
The bell is marked. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17341; its record gives material recorded as porcelain; technique painting technique; measurements height 13 cm x diameter 15 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- porcelain
- Technique
- painting technique
- Measurements
- height 13 cm x diameter 15 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Klok van een carillon, veelkleurig beschilderd met een Kakiemon-decor
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17341
- Museum classification
- bell (idiophone)
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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