Knife, One of Set of Six, ca. 1880. Bronze, steel, gilding, 8 1/4 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (21 x 1.6 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds bequeathed by Rose Katz in memory of Gabriel Gus Katz, 1997.66.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.66.10-13_1997.66.2_1997.66.4_1997.66.5_1997.66.6.jpg)
Knife, One of Set of Six, ca. 1880. Bronze, steel, gilding, 8 1/4 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (21 x 1.6 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds bequeathed by Rose Katz in memory of Gabriel Gus Katz, 1997.66.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.66.10_1997.66.11_1997.66.12_1997.66.13.jpg)
Knife, One of Set of Six
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Bronze, steel, gilding
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
- Possible place made: United States
- Possible place made: Europe
DATES
ca. 1880
DIMENSIONS
8 1/4 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (21 x 1.6 x 1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on side of blade near juncture with handle: 2 or 3 characters of an unknown script (Japanese?)
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1997.66.10
CREDIT LINE
Purchased with funds bequeathed by Rose Katz in memory of Gabriel Gus Katz
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Knife with steel blade and gilded bronze handle. Blade general rectangular shape, with a flare on the dull edge and a rounded end that comes to a point on the dull side. Straight, rectangular handle with squared end has identical decorations on both sides in Japanese-inspired style: underwater scene of a man diving through seaweed toward a sword on the ocean floor, he has a rope around his waist which is held by a figure on the shore.
Condition: Fair; much of the gilding is lost; tarnish and spots of corrosion on blade.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Knife, One of Set of Six, ca. 1880. Bronze, steel, gilding, 8 1/4 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (21 x 1.6 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds bequeathed by Rose Katz in memory of Gabriel Gus Katz, 1997.66.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.66.10-13_1997.66.2_1997.66.4_1997.66.5_1997.66.6.jpg)
IMAGE
group, 1997.66.10-13_1997.66.2_1997.66.4_1997.66.5_1997.66.6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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