Tsuka with Chrysanthemums and Plum Blossoms

Description The gold kashira on the end of the tsuka is decorated with a large chrysanthemum and leaves. One menuki is in the shape of chrysanthemum flowers on stalks. The other menuki is in the shape of plum blossoms. 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