Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Dragons in Clouds
18th century (Edo)
wood, iron, silver, sentoku, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
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.
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. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 5 11/16 in. (14.5 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.
51.1219.3B