Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1900

Identification

Title(s)

Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1019

Description

Versierd met een formatie vliegende mussen (suzume) in goud, zilver en email (cloisonne).

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1800 - c. 1900

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

length 9.9 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

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

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Van Nierop, somewhere between 1925 and 1927;{Note RMA.}…; collection Neervoort van de Poll, Naarden-Bussum;{Note RMA.}...; collection 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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Aziatische kunst uit het legaat Westendorp, pl. 36

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1003

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