Hand guard

anonymous, 1600 - 1900

Mokko-vormige tsuba met aan beide zijden gestileerde vlinders temidden van ranken in email cloisonné.

  • Artwork typetsuba
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1128
  • Dimensionsheight 9.1 cm x width 8.6 cm x depth 0.3 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Hand guard

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1128

  • Description

    Mokko-vormige tsuba met aan beide zijden gestileerde vlinders temidden van ranken in email cloisonné.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    1600 - 1900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 9.1 cm x width 8.6 cm x depth 0.3 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • 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

Documentation

    • P. Vautier, Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten : Sammlung Georg Oeder, Düsseldorf, Berlijn 1916, cat. nrs. 1356-1382.
    • Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese sword-mounts in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago 1923, p. 127-128.

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