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Dagger with Wisteria and Puppies
Blade: ca. 1590; Scabbard: 19th century (Momoyama)
dark brown lacquer, silver foil, copper alloy, gold, gilded copper, silver alloy, wood
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kanagawa (Place of Origin)
Measurements
mounted tanto blade: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1213
