Tsuba with Chrysanthemums

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This tsuba has an allover design of chrysanthemums. The blossoms are made of three different alloys. Chrysanthemums are associated with autumn.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

18th century (mid Edo)

Medium

copper, gold, silver, shakudo
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.393

Measurements

3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View