Tsuka in the Shape of a Branch with Monkeys and Eagle

Description The tsuka and accompanying saya are designed to resemble a piece of wood. On the kashira is an eagle in flight. The menuki are in the shape of monkeys holding peaches. 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