Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows

Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows

AK-MAK-1019

Versierd met een formatie vliegende mussen (suzume) in goud, zilver en email (cloisonne).

anonymous, Japan

c. 1800 - c. 1900

length 9.9 cm

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

Public domain

…; collection Van Nierop, somewhere between 1925 and 1927;{Note RMA.}…; collection Neervoort van de Poll, Naarden-Bussum;{Note RMA.}…; collection 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

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20023460