Tsuka with Dragons in Clouds

Description Three gold dragons emerge from clouds on the tsuka. One is on the kashira and one is on either side of the handle. Other than the kashira, the tsuka is worked in a single piece of metal, without menuki or wrapping. 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