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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Dragons
(Japanese Military Armor)
Two gold menuki in the shape of dragons are mounted on the sides of the tsuka. One holds a tide-controlling jewel. The kashira matches the fuchi mounted with the same sword. It depicts a dragon flying through clouds. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
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
L: 8 13/16 in. (22.4 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.
51.1231.3B