Tsuka with Wasps and Chrysanthemums
18th century (?) (Edo)
shakudo, gold, ray skin, baleen
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
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.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 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.
51.1196.3B