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Source Description
Grapevines hang down from the top of this tsuba. Over the plugged hole for the hair pick, a squirrel is perched on the vine. At the bottom of the tsuba is another squirrel. On the reverse, another squirrel looks up at the grapevines.
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Document identity
localId
20774
label
Tsuba with Grapevine and Squirrels
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
20774
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Grapevine and Squirrels
description
Grapevines hang down from the top of this tsuba. Over the plugged hole for the hair pick, a squirrel is perched on the vine. At the bottom of the tsuba is another squirrel. On the reverse, another squirrel looks up at the grapevines.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st half 19th century (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuba
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.4
height
6.8
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 11/16 × D: 5/16 in. (7.4 × 6.8 × 0.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 江戸住 斎藤富隨; [Transliteration] Edo ju/Saito Tomiyuki; [Translation] Living in Edo/Saito Tomiyuki
med
copper, gold, shakudo (gold-copper alloy)
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3105
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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70037d267ae621ef
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no
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no
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photo
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9e21ddef0a56144e
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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no
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no