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:

GeneralWidth1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Length20.08 in (51 cm)
Thickness1.14 in (2.9 cm)
Weight91 gram
Characteristics
Materialwood
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Finish lak, grijs, rood
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalEast Asia
CountryJapan
Acquisition
Year 2014
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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