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Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is decorated with Chinese bell flowers, pampas grass and other flowers in relief. The decoration on the tsuka is incised pampas grass and chrysanthemums. The gold menuki are shaped like insects. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo)
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 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.
51.1193.2b
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