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Wrist rest with wasp design
Wrist rest with wasp design

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
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InscribedInscribed on underside "For elder master Chokunyu. 21st year of Meiji period, beginning of winter. Playfully carved by Koho [Jiao Fu]"
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This 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.