Tsuba with Stalks of Millet

n.d.

4.5 cm 6 cm 0.4 cm

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This simple tsuba, intended for a dagger or other small sword, has a stalk of millet on each side. The seeds are highlighted in gold. Millet is associated with autumn.

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15278
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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