Sword knife hilt

Goto Mitsutake, 1500 - 1900

Kozuka with shell design, 18th century; signed Gotô Mitsutaka (1721-1784); shakudô, gold, silver. Westendorp bequest.

  • Artwork typekozuka
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1017
  • Dimensionslength 9.7 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Sword knife hilt

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1017

  • Description

    Versiering met schelpen in goud en zilver tegen de achtergrond van een gestileerde golflijn; gesigneerd Goto Mitsutake.

Creation

  • Creation

    Goto Mitsutake, Japan

  • Dating

    1500 - 1900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    length 9.7 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

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  • Sword knife hilt
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