Tsuka with Dragons and Waves

Description The metalwork on this tsuka is decorated with waves and dragons. In place of a kashira is a kabuto gane, which is larger than a kashira. It has a design of stylized waves, accented by gold foam. Another plate with a pattern of waves surrounds the menuki. On the menuki are gold dragons holding tide-controlling jewels. Dragons are associated with the ocean. 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 none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters