Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
1804-1886 (?) (late Edo-Meiji)
silver, gold, shakudo, baleen
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira and metal band around the tsuka are decorated with autumn flowers such as chrysanthemums, maiden flowers and bush clovers. A butterfly is on the kashira and a cricket is on the metal band. This is part of a mounted set.
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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.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
51.1163.2B
