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Dagger (aikuchi) with mythological animals in lacquer and metal mountings of chickens (includes 51.1200.1-51.1200.3)
- 1894 (late Edo; Meiji; Muromachi)
Dark brown lacquer, steel, gold, copper alloy or sentoku, shakudo, silver, ray skin
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.
Acquired by Henry Walters before 1931
Geographies
Gifu
(Place of Origin)
Mino (Place of Origin)
Hitachi province (Place of Origin)
Measurements
18 1/8 in. (46 cm) (l.) mounted aikuchi
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1200
