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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Temple Bell and Sparrows
(Japanese Military Armor)
At the right of the tsuba is a temple bell surrounded by cherry blossoms. Two sparrows fly across the upper left. On the reverse, driving rain obscures the scene of a building in the background with a pine tree on the left. At the bottom is a pine branch supported by logs. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
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.
51.1233.2