Antique Japanese Blue Kyoto Ceramic Bokuto Doctors Sword Sagemono Netsuke Dragon
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Type: Bokuto (Doctor's Sword or Tea Sword) a kind of oversized sashi netsuke or sagemono that could be used as a club, a status symbol for people like doctors who couldn't wear swords (only samurai could wear swords) or for situations where a sword couldn't be worn
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868) or Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Kyoto ware, Japan
Size: 12-3/8" long
Weight: 1 lb 7.1 oz (654 g)
Provenance:
- 21 NOV 2023: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Japan
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos.
Subject: Design of a rain dragon. A loop in the dragon's mouth forms a natural himotoshi (cord hole)
Location:
Antique Japanese Blue Kyoto Ceramic Bokuto Doctors Sword Sagemono Netsuke Dragon
Type: Bokuto (Doctor's Sword or Tea Sword) a kind of oversized sashi netsuke or sagemono that could be used as a club, a status symbol for people like doctors who couldn't wear swords (only samurai could wear swords) or for situations where a sword couldn't be worn
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868) or Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Kyoto ware, Japan
Size: 12-3/8" long
Weight: 1 lb 7.1 oz (654 g)
Provenance:
- 21 NOV 2023: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Japan
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos.
Subject: Design of a rain dragon. A loop in the dragon's mouth forms a natural himotoshi (cord hole)
Location:
Antique Japanese Blue Kyoto Ceramic Bokuto Doctors Sword Sagemono Netsuke Dragon
