Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a Cricket and Dragonfly in Bush Clover
(Japanese Military Armor)
The right side of this tsuba is dominated by flowering bush clover. At the bottom is a cricket. The bush clovers wraps around to the reverse of the tsuba, where a dragon fly is at the upper right. A stream runs along the bottom. The artist's signature is on a gold cartouche.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 5/16 x 2 1/8 x 3/16 in. (5.95 x 5.46 x 0.45 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.
51.187