Hand guard with cherry blossom and rafts, Ito Masatsune, c. 1650 - c. 1750

Identification

Title(s)

Hand guard with cherry blossom and rafts

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1036

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘江府住正恒’

Description

Ovale tsuba met opengewerkte decoratie in positief silhouet van kersebloesems op vlotten; enige details zijn gehoogd in goud; gesigneerd 'kōfu jū masatsune'.

Creation

Artist

Ito Masatsune

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1750

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 7.6 cm × width 7.2 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 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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1020

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