Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Snowflakes and Poem
1866 (late Edo)
silver, gold
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
Incised snowflakes and flecks of gold leaf cover both sides of the tsuba. A poem about snow is incised on the left side of the front. This is part of a mounted set.
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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
H: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 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.
51.1209.2
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