Museum number:
| APM 22.039 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic items |
Title:
| pipe holder |
Keyword:
| long bean shape with animal figure |
Description:
Pipe holder or kiseruzutsu of wood with narrow elongated design, the top in the shape of the head and neck of a ho-o, a mythological bird, the holder resembles a bean shape with embossed scales that extend to the slightly curved point, above the center a contoured shield with a hole for a cord. Accents with red paint on the head of the animal, the shield silver varnish. The kiseru slides through a pierced ridge halfway the object, the bowl goes into a keyhole shape and clamps into the narrow part. |
Date:
| Period | 1780 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| General | Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Length | 20.08 in (51 cm) | |
| Thickness | 1.14 in (2.9 cm) | |
| Weight | 91 gram |
Characteristics
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Finish | lak, grijs, rood |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | East Asia |
| Country | Japan |
Acquisition
| Year | 2014 |
| Provenance | Londen, Bonhams, Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, part V, lot 107 |
| Schotland, Edward Wrangham, <1970-2005> |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 22.039bis kiseru bij dit etui. Catalogustekst Bonhams, 2014, lot 107: An unusually long wood kiseruzutsu (pipe case) 18th/19th century. In the form of a ho-o bird with a scaly body and traces of lacquer, fitted with a long bamboo pipe with a silver and shibuichi mouth piece and bowl, engraved and inlaid with falling maple leaves; unsigned. 51 cm (20 in) long. De ho-o is een mythologische vogel tussen fazant, haan en paradijsvogel met veren in vijf kleuren, een vogel die staat voor geluk en lang leven. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Japanse rookattributen uit de Meijiperiode, een inleiding. Amsterdam, 2021. afb 31. Dit exemplaar. |
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