Tsuka with Wasps and Chrysanthemums

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The menuki have a design of a wasp framed by chrysanthemum flowers and leaves. The kashira has an abstracted floral motif in gold inlay. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

18th century (?) (Edo)

Medium

shakudo, gold, ray skin, baleen
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1196.3B

Measurements

L: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View