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Tsuka with Flowers Birds
1st half 19th century (?) (late Edo)
silver, gold, shakudo, sentoku, ray skin
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
Each of the menuki is in the shape of a flower and leaves. On the kashira, an owl sits in branches and a sparrow is in flight. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by 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.
51.1282.3b
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