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Source Description
Two gold dragons wrap around the tsuba. Their bodies are partially obscured by clouds and can also be seen on the reverse. The lower dragon holds a jewel. Dragons are often depicted with jewels, which are taken from Buddhist belief and also related to the two tide ruling jewels controlled by the Dragon King of the sea. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
10278
label
Tsuba with Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
10278
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Dragon
description
Two gold dragons wrap around the tsuba. Their bodies are partially obscured by clouds and can also be seen on the reverse. The lower dragon holds a jewel. Dragons are often depicted with jewels, which are taken from Buddhist belief and also related to the two tide ruling jewels controlled by the Dragon King of the sea. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1868-1912 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.7
height
7.3
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/16 x W: 2 7/8 x D: 5/16 in. (7.7 x 7.3 x 0.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
gold, shakudo
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
6b0d24e1e9924711
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
6f0a3a4595f0f532
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no