Tsuba with Clouds

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The body of this tsuba is worked in a fish egg pattern background ("nanako-ji"). The edge is decorated with gold clouds. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

18th-19th century (Edo)

Medium

shakudo, gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1255.2

Measurements

H: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View