Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Seven Scenes by Different Artists
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba is decorated with seven different scenes that are individually signed on silver cartouches. On the right side of the front is the Chinese immortal Chinnan (Ch. Chen Nan [Ch'en Nan]). He conjured a dragon from a gourd and ordered the dragon to provide rain to a drought-afflicted area. At the lower edge is a carp in a stream. Near the opening for the utility knife is a scene of bamboo, plum tree and the moon. At the upper left is a landscape scene of birds near a stream with rocks and grasses. On the reverse, four fish (tai and ayu) decorate the bottom section. On the left is a scene of a pavilion on a cliff. At the top are sea shells.
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Provenance
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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.
51.410