Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Dragons
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
shibuichi, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
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.
Inscription
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.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by 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.
51.1201.2
