Hand guard, Tomokane, 1800 - 1825

Identification

Title(s)

Hand guard

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1055

Description

Ronde tsuba met in positief silhouet een gedeeltelijk voltooid vlechtwerk in stervorm; de rand is versierd met gestileerde gouden ranken in nunome-zogan; gesigneerd "goshu hagi ju kawaji gonnojo tomokane saku".

Creation

Artist

Tomokane

Place

Japan

Dating

1800 - 1825

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

diameter 8 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)

Documentation

Einführung in die altjapanische Kunst : Sammlung Oeder [in Düsseldorf], Justus Brinckmann, cat.nr. 484
Veilingcat. London (Sotheby), 3 maart 1975, nr. 63.
P. Vautier, Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten : Sammlung Georg Oeder, Düsseldorf, Berlijn 1916, cat.nr. 484.
Shinkichi Hara, Die Meister der japanischen Schwertzierathen : Ueberblick ihrer Geschichte, Verzeichnis der Meister mit Daten ueber ihr Leben und mit ihren Namen in der Urschrift, Hamburg 1902, p. 180.

Persistent URL

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