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Tsuba with Heron in Marsh Grasses
(Japanese Military Armor)
On the right side of this tsuba, a heron stands among marsh grasses. The full moon is at the upper right. Both the moon and the heron are executed in silver. The silver has tarnished to a dark color, but would have originally been light. A tree stump and marsh are at the left on the reverse.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 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.
51.217