Tsuba with Dragons

Description The rim of the tsuba is decorated with incised clouds. Five small gold dragons coiled into circles are even spaced along the edge. Dragons are associated with water and often depicted with clouds or waves. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters