Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Boat and Moon
1841-1918 (late Edo-Meiji-Taisho)
silver, gold, sentoku
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
On the front of the tsuba, a full moon slightly obscured by clouds appears at the upper left. Beneath it is a boat in the water. On the reverse, geese are shown in flight. This is part of a mounted set.
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 acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 9/16 x W: 2 x D: 3/16 in. (6.5 x 5.1 x 0.4 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.
51.1260.2