Hand guard

Hand guard

AK-MAK-1107

Tsuba in de vorm van een slang met opengesperde bek; tong en oog in roodkooper en zilver; gesigneerd "ichiryuken hidekazu" of "ichiryuken terakazu".

• maker: Hidekazu (possibly), Japan
• maker: Terakazu (possibly)

1800 - 1900

height 7.8 cm x width 7.2 cm

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

Public domain

…; 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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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20023548