Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Autumn Flowers
ca. 1866 (Edo-Meiji)
silver, gold, sentoku
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The front of the tsuba is decorated with chrysanthemums, Chinese bell flowers and a butterfly. On the reverse are mist flowers. These three flowers are among the seven celebrated flowers of autumn that often appear in poetry. This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune.
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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, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 7/16 x W: 2 3/16 x D: 3/16 in. (6.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 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.
51.1258.2