Caption

Fork with knife handle kozuka, Japanese, Edo period 1603–1868, 18th century; material: metal; function: kozuka small knife handle used with swords/katana; subject: fork/knife handle design; dimensions: height 16.9 cm, width 1.4 cm; related to Japanese cutlery and melee weapon fittings., A single fork laid horizontally against a neutral gray background, showing a metal pronged end that is silver in color and a long handle that is brown with gold decorative accents; the handle has textured and raised ornamental details and the metal near the handle joins shows a small ridged collar.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_008

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Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (470.2Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fork knife handle kozuka Japanese Edo period 1603–1868 18th century material metal function small knife handle swords katana subject fork design dimensions height 16.9 cm width 1.4 cm related Japanese cutlery melee weapon fittings single fork laid horizontally neutral gray background showing metal pronged silver color long handle brown gold decorative accents textured raised ornamental details metal near handle joins small ridged collar.