Tsuka with Flowers

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The kashira is decorated with a large chrysanthemum against a background of leaves. One menuki is in the shape of a small cluster of chrysanthemums. The other is a magnolia flower. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Ishiguro Koreyoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1832-ca. 1887) (Artist)
Japanese (Artist)

Period

2nd-3rd quarter 19th century (late Edo)

Medium

silver, gold, ray skin, sentoku, baleen
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1278.2B

Measurements

L: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View