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Tsuka with Flowers
2nd-3rd quarter 19th century (late Edo)
silver, gold, ray skin, sentoku, baleen
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
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.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistiion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 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.
51.1278.2B
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Dagger (aikuchi) with gold lacquer saya decorated with outlined chrysanthemum clusters, silver chrysanthemums (includes 51.1278.1-51.1278.2)
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