Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows

anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1900

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  • Artwork typekozuka
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1019
  • Dimensionslength 9.9 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1019

  • Description

    Versierd met een formatie vliegende mussen (suzume) in goud, zilver en email (cloisonne).

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    c. 1800 - c. 1900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    length 9.9 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Van Nierop, somewhere between 1925 and 1927;{Note RMA.}…; collection Neervoort van de Poll, Naarden-Bussum;{Note RMA.}…; collection 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

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  • Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows
  • Sword knife hilt with flying sparrows