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Tsuka with a Tree Branch and Birds
19th century (?) (Edo)
lacquer, shakudo, gold, copper, silver
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The tsuka is designed to look like the branch of a tree. One menuki is in the shape of a hawk. The other menuki is two sparrows. The kashira is shaped like the ivy covered roof of a hut. This is part of a mounted set.
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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.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (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
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1186.3B
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Dagger (hamidashi) in the form of a knotty branch (incl+udes 51.1186.1-51.1186.5)
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