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Wrist rest with wasp design
Jiao Fu (Chinese) (Artist),Koho (Japanese) (Artist)1888
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, United States
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.
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- Title: Wrist rest with wasp design
- Creator: Jiao Fu (Chinese) (Artist),Koho (Japanese) (Artist)
- Date Created: 1888
- Physical Dimensions: H. 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
- Rights: Public Domain
- Medium: Carved bamboo (mosochiku variety)
- Credit Line: Asian Art Museum, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.576
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