Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with a Flowering Gourd Vine
1780-1800 (Edo)
iron, gilt
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
A flowering gourd vine applied to the iron body in gilt runs along the lower and right edges of this tsuba. The motif repeats on the reverse.
Inscription
Provenance
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.
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, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 13/16 x W: 2 11/16 x D: 3/16 in. (7.18 x 6.86 x 0.55 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.
51.268