Tsuka with Dragon

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The handle is wrapped with baleen, which is often called "whale bone" although it is not a bone. A small section of ray skin is visable near the kashira. On the kashira is a gold dragon in clouds. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

18th century (?) (Edo)

Medium

gold, silver, ray skin, baleen
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1284.2

Measurements

L: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View