Légende

Fork with knife handle kozuka, Japanese, Edo period 1603–1868, 18th century. Kozuka for katana; metal with applied plastic decoration depicting grazing horses and a snake. Subject/iconography: snakes, horses, animals. Materials: metal; function: handle/knife adjunct for sword. Dimensions: height 17 cm, width 0.9 cm, depth 0.6 cm., A single fork with a metallic head and a long rectangular handle is shown against a solid background; the handle is mainly brass-colored with a few small darker and reddish decorative spots, and the fork head is silver-colored with three tines and a slightly reflective surface.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A25_403

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (405.6Ko) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fork knife handle kozuka Japanese Edo period 1603–1868 18th century Kozuka katana metal applied plastic decoration depicting grazing horses snake Subject iconography snakes horses animals Materials function knife adjunct sword Dimensions height 17 cm width 0.9 cm depth 0.6 cm single fork metallic head long rectangular handle shown solid background mainly brass-colored small darker reddish decorative spots fork head silver-colored three tines slightly reflective surface.