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Tsuba with a Bird in a Winter Willow
n.d.
copper, gold, shakudo
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the right side of this tsuba, a bird sits in a willow trunk. A stream is depicted along the bottom, with bellflowers at the left. More bellflowers are depicted on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
at bottom of nakago-ana: 2 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in. (6.62 x 5.94 x 0.35 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.
51.326