Hand guard, Hidekazu (possibly), 1800 - 1900

Identification

Title(s)

Hand guard

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1107

Description

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

Creation

Artist

maker: Hidekazu (possibly)
maker: Terakazu (possibly)

Place

Japan

Dating

1800 - 1900

School / style

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

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 7.8 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

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