Hand guard

Identification

Title(s)
Hand guard
Object type
Object number
AK-MAK-1113
Description
Afgerond rechthoekige tsuba met onregelmatige verhoogde rand; aan de voorzijde in hon-zogan twee draken temidden van gestileerde wolken; aan de achterzijde een draak temidden van gestileerde wolken; de ryo-hitsu zijn opgevuld met shakudo.
Catalogue reference
- Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese sword-mounts in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago 1923, p. 55-56.
- Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword-mounts : a descriptive catalogue of the collection of J. C. Hawkshaw, Esq., M.A., of Hollycombe, Liphook , Londen 1910, pl. XXV.

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

- Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese sword-mounts in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago 1923, p. 55-56.
- Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword-mounts : a descriptive catalogue of the collection of J. C. Hawkshaw, Esq., M.A., of Hollycombe, Liphook , Londen 1910, pl. XXV.