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Kashira with Birds
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is covered in a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). One end is covered with gold enamel. On the enamel are three small birds in shakudo. One bird is on the side and two are on the top. This is part of a set with Walters 51.956.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Niigata (Echigo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
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.
51.957
