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Creative Commons License
Tsuba with an Owl on a Stone Lantern
(Japanese Military Armor)
Across the top of this tsuba, an openwork area forms clouds, with the moon on the left. On the right, an owl sits on a stone garden lantern under a tree. Bamboo and other plants surround the owl. On the reverse are reeds and a stream.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 1/8 in. (6.36 x 6 x 0.38 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.
51.238