Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuka with Chinese-style Lions and Butterflies
(Japanese Military Armor)
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.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Sendai
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 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.
51.1229.3B