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Tsuka with Peacocks and Peony
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira, like the matching fuchi, depicted a peony flower and a rock. One menuki is shaped like a peacock and is unusually long. The other menuki is in the shape of a peahen with a peony flower. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.1179.3B