Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Quail, Sparrow and Millet
(Japanese Military Armor)
This autumn themed tsuba shows a quail and sparrow among millet plants. The plants are at the lower right. The quail stands near them at the bottom. Above the central opening, the sparrow is shown in flight. The opening on the right for the hair has been plugged. On the reverse, more millet plants are shown along the bottom left. This work has been signed with a stylized signature that has not been identified.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 1/8 in. (7.3 x 6.65 x 0.33 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.
51.290