Tsuka with Chinese-style Lions and Butterflies

Description The kashira and the body of the tsuka were made at two different times. The kashira and menuki depict Chinese-style lions ("shishi"). The tsuka is decorated with butterflies. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] Ikkoku

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters