Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Doves
1829-1890 (late Edo-Meiji)
shibuichi, silver, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
This small tsuba is designed for use with a dagger. At the lower right are two doves. A full moon partially disguised by clouds is at the upper left. On the reverse are a pine tree and a stream running along the bottom.
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.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (5.4 x 4.7 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.
51.350