Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Peacock Feathers
1st half 19th century (late Edo)
silver, copper, shakudo, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba is designed as several overlapping peacock feathers. The eyes at the end of the feathers are decorated with copper and shakudo. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.1179.2