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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Rooster, Hen, and Chick with Autumn Flowers
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
iron, gilt, copper, gold, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
On the front of this tsuba are a rooster and chick. Behind the rooster are Chinese bellflowers and partinia flowers. Both are associated with autumn. On the reverse is a hen near a stream with chrysanthemums.
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, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in. (7.7 x 7.1 x 0.48 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.
51.154