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Tsuba with Scrollwork Design
(Japanese Military Armor)
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.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 11/16 × D: 3/16 in. (7.4 × 6.9 × 0.5 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.
51.148