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Tsuba with a Sea Bream and Plum Branch
1829-1898 (late Edo-Meiji)
sentoku, gold, copper, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the lower right of this tsuba is a sea bream ("tai") and a plum branch. The fish is being represented here as food, not as a living animal. On the reverse are sea shells.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 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.
51.398