Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Chinese Lantern Plants
19th century (Edo)
shakudo, coral, gold, mother-of-pearl dust
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is decorated with two Chinese lantern plants ("hôzuki"). The menuki are also in the shape of Chinese lantern plants. These plants bloom in the summer. This is part of a mounted set of sword fittings all depicting Chinese lanterns.
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 (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 6 1/4 in. (15.8 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.
51.1265.3B