Tsuba with Scrollwork Design

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This tsuba is decorated with a design of incised scrollwork. The body of the tsuba is composed of alternating layers of copper and a copper alloy with gold. This created bands of color that can be seen on the edge and within the incisions. Both secondary holes have been plugged in gold.

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

19th century

Medium

shakudo (gold-copper alloy), copper, gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.148

Measurements

H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 11/16 × D: 3/16 in. (7.4 × 6.9 × 0.5 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Fourth Floor: Building the Collection - 19th-Century European and American Art