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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a Sparrow and Autumn Foliage
(Japanese Military Armor)
A small sparrow is depicted in flight at the left side of this tsuba. A stalk of pampas grass dominates the right side and small chrysanthemums are along the both. Although normally a late summer flower, lilies are shown at the right and on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
at bottom: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 in. (8.15 x 6.68 x 0.4 cm);
width at top 2 11/16 in. (6.89 cm);
width at center2 5/8 in. (6.69 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.
51.258