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Hand guard
anonymous, 1600 - 1900
Tsuba shaped as a turtle. 19th century; sentoku.
- Artwork typetsuba
- Object numberAK-MAK-1091
- Dimensionsheight 7 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 0.4 cm
Identification
Title(s)
Hand guard
Object type
Object number
AK-MAK-1091
Description
Tsuba in de vorm van een schildpad; de huidstructuur is weergegeven door middel van een speciale bewerking van het oppervlak (ishime).
Creation
Creation
anonymous, Japan
Dating
1600 - 1900
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Material and technique
Dimensions
height 7 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 0.4 cm
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)
Copyright
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
Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese sword-mounts in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago 1923, p. 64.
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