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Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a Bird in a Tree
18th-19th century (?) (Edo)
sentoku, gold and silver details
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A dead tree extends along the right edge of this tsuba. At its top, just above the hole for the hair pick, sits a bird. On the reverse are faint indications of a landscape.
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. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 15/16 in. (7.5 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.
51.353