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Kashira with a Tiger in Bamboo
(Japanese Military Armor)
A copper tiger is shown climbing bamboo with gold leaves. Tigers and bamboo are often depicted together as a pairing of weak and strong. There is open work on the side of the kashira.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tottori
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.1009