Hand guard, Kunishige (possibly), 1700 - 1800

Identification

Title(s)

Hand guard

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1118

Description

Onregelmatig gelobde tsuba met verhoogde rand; aan beide zijden twee shishi en een pioenroos in relief met blauw, grijs en geel opaak email; langs de buitenrand, de ryo-hitsu en de seppadai geslingerde randen.

Creation

Artist

Kunishige (possibly)

Place

Japan

Dating

1700 - 1800

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

copper (metal)

Measurements

height 7.6 cm × width 5.8 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)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1102

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