Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba in the Shape of a Lotus Leaf
(Japanese Military Armor)
The body of this tsuba is formed in the shape of a lotus leaf. Along the right edge is a second lotus leaf and a lotus flower is at the lower right. On the left, a frog sits upon another leaf. On the reverse, a pod with seeds is at the bottom leaf. Lotuses are a symbol of summer and are often connected to Buddhism.
Inscription
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.
Exhibitions
| 1990 | The Japan Idea: Art and Domestic Life in Victorian America. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in. (8.24 x 7.71 x 0.43 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.301