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Kozuka with Cherry Tree and Swallows
ca. 1850 (late Edo)
silver, shakudo, gold,sentoku
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
Two swallows are shown flying near a blooming cherry tree. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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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 (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 7 1/2 in. (19 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.
51.1295.4
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