Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Crabs and Lotus Plants
(Japanese Military Armor)
The body of this tsuba is made with two different metals affixed together and carved to resemble wood grain. The left half is iron and the right half is brass. A long stalk of pampas grass is along the right side, with two crabs along the bottom. The reverse is a copper and tin alloy decorated along the bottom with a crab and lotus plants.
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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
3 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (8.63 x 7.54 x 0.5 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.
51.263