Description
At the top of the tsuba are two geese in flight. A branch of plum blossoms is along the lower edge. On the reverse, a cresent moons hangs over a small stream. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 寶竜斎壽次; [Translation] Hôryûsai Toshitsugu; [Inscription] On reverse: 製; [Transliteration] sei; [Translation] made (by)
Credit
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
