Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a Horse Among Cherry Blossoms
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba illustrates a Chinese poem about a horse pawing fallen cherry blossoms, which restored their fragrance. The horse is shown in the lower right, under a cherry tree that occupies the right side of the tsuba. Along the bottom of the tsuba are dandelions. The reverse side shows the back of the same scene.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 11/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (6.8 x 6.3 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.
51.189