Hand guard with circle motif

anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1850

Ovale tsuba met opengewerkte decoratie in ito sukashi van de zogenaamde "eindeloze cirkels van de zeven schatten" (shippo tsunagi); binnenzijde van de ryo-hitsu bekleed met goud.

  • Artwork typetsuba
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1037
  • Dimensionsheight 8 cm x width 7.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Hand guard with circle motif

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1037

  • Description

    Ovale tsuba met opengewerkte decoratie in ito sukashi van de zogenaamde "eindeloze cirkels van de zeven schatten" (shippo tsunagi); binnenzijde van de ryo-hitsu bekleed met goud.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    c. 1750 - c. 1850

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 8 cm x width 7.5 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

  • Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese sword-mounts in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago 1923, p. 70-71, pl. XVII, 2.

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