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Tsuba with Lattice Pattern
ca. 1850 (late Edo)
shakudo (gold-copper alloy), gold, copper
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba is filled with an openwork, lattice design. The rim is decorated with gold designs. Both secondary holes have been plugged.
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
H: 3 1/16 × W: 2 3/4 × D: 3/16 in. (7.7 × 7 × 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.
51.316