Wrist rest with wasp design
Artist
Jiao Fu
(Chinese)
Artist
Koho
(Japanese)
Place of OriginJapan
Date1888
CultureJapanese
MaterialsCarved bamboo (mosochiku variety)
DimensionsH. 7 in x W. 3 in x D. 1 3/8 in, H. 17.8 cm x W. 7.6 cm x D. 3.5 cm
Credit LineLloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection
Object number2006.3.576
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
On View
Not on viewInscribedInscribed on underside "For elder master Chokunyu. 21st year of Meiji period, beginning of winter. Playfully carved by Koho [Jiao Fu]"
More InformationThis Chinese-style wrist rest would be used to prop up the hand when writing fine calligraphy. It appears to have been made for Tanomura Chokunyu (1814–1907), a well known Nanga (literati-style) painter who worked in Kyoto.
approx. 1950-1975
1900-1949
approx. 1925-1980
approx. 1926-1940
approx. 1950-1980