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Tsuka with Chinese Figures
(Japanese Military Armor)
The two menuki on this tsuka are in the shape of standing Chinese figures. On the front is a woman holding a fan. She may be the Queen Mother of the West, who had an orchard of peaches that granted immortality. The figure on the reverse is a man carrying a peach on a tray. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acqisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 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.
51.1192.2b
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