Tsuka with Waves, Horse, and Dragon

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Two menuki are tied onto the tsuka with silk cord. One menuki shows a rider in Chinese style dress on a gold dragon. On the opposite side, the menuki depicts a horse and rider. The waves on the kashira repeat the motif on the matching fuchi and kozuka. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

19th century (Edo-Meiji)

Medium

red, gold, and black lacquer, ray skin, silk, gold, silver
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1174.3B

Measurements

L: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View