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Tsuba with Peacock and Peahen among Peonies
1843 (late Edo)
sentoku, gold, and silver alloy
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
On the right of the tsuba is a peacock sitting in a peony tree. His head is turned towards the left, where there is a peahen and another peony. On the reverse is a peony tree near a brook. Peacocks and peony are frequently depicted together in Japanese painting.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.404