Kashira with Spinning Top

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description A spinning top with a winding string is depicted. The string would be wound around the top's shaft and then pulled away quickly to start the top spinning. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1060.

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

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

n.d.

Medium

sentoku, copper, gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1061

Measurements

1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View