Hand guard, anonymous, 1700 - 1900

Identification

Title(s)

Hand guard

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1115

Description

Ronde tsuba met in positief silhouet en verhoogd reliëf drie van de Kostbaarheden van Daikoku: de hoed en de mantel van de onzichtbaarheid en de hamer, alle met goud nunome-zogan; de kogai-hitu-ana is opgevuld met shakudo.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

1700 - 1900

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868) / Meiji-period (1868-1912)

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

diameter 6.5 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

The arts of the Japanese sword, Basil William Robinson, p. 77, pl. 56-57 (57c)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1099

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