A Wood Kettle Hanger (Jizai)
20th century
The hanger carved from a single block of zelkova wood and fitted with jizai gake (vertical supports for suspension ropes), with dark, rich patina and deep grooves in the curvature from the rope suspending a kettle; with fitted metal stand
26¼in. (66.6cm.) high
拍品专文
For another kettle hanger in the Jeffrey Montgomery collection see Michael Dunn, Five Tastes, exh. cat. (New York: Japan Society, Inc., 2001), pl. 10.