Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Blossoming Magnolia with Sparrows
(Japanese Military Armor)
A magnolia, associated with spring, blooms on the right hand side of this tsuba. Two sparrows appear. One is in flight at the lower left and one is perched in the magnolia tree. On the reverse, another magnolia tree is shown at the left with a sparrow flying above it. A stream is shown on the right. The hole for the utility knife have been plugged.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/16 x 3 x 3/16 in. (8.14 x 7.68 x 0.49 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.
51.302