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Tsuka with Clouds and Chinese Immortals
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is decorated with the same stylized clouds as the matching tsuba and fuchi. Each menuki is in the shape of a standing Chinese figure. One holds a book and the other bears a halberd. These are probably Chinese immortals. 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 1/2 in. (11.4 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.
51.1188.3b