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Source Description
A fierce dragon is shown on an elaborate background of carved hexagons. Flowers with four petals are inside each hexagon. Gold plates have been added to the back of the kashira which repeat the hexagon motif.
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Document identity
localId
14074
label
Kashira with Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
14074
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kashira with Dragon
description
A fierce dragon is shown on an elaborate background of carved hexagons. Flowers with four petals are inside each hexagon. Gold plates have been added to the back of the kashira which repeat the hexagon motif.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kashira
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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52da0e07dba7e412
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no
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no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
2fc907a7bba043ad
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no
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no