Caption

Fork with knife handle kozuka, maker, kozuka, 18th century Edo period, 1603–1868, Japan. Materials: applied plastic decoration depicting grazing horses and a snake. Subject/iconography: snakes, horses; function: kozuka for katana swords cutlery/knife handle. Dimensions: height 17 cm, width 0.9 cm, depth 0.6 cm., A three-pronged metal fork attached to a straight rectangular handle, the metal prongs and neck are silver-colored with a slightly reflective finish, and the handle is brass-colored with small raised decorative shapes in darker and reddish tones; the background is a uniform mid-gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_404

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Available size

77.2Mb (513.8Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fork knife handle kozuka maker kozuka 18th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Materials applied plastic decoration depicting grazing horses snake Subject iconography snakes horses function katana swords cutlery knife handle Dimensions height 17 cm width 0.9 cm depth 0.6 cm three-pronged metal fork attached straight rectangular handle metal prongs neck silver-colored slightly reflective finish handle brass-colored small raised decorative shapes darker reddish tones background uniform mid-gray.