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Source Description
The kashira is in the shape of a crouching lion turning its head over its shoulder to look up. The gold menuki are a lion and a lioness. This is part of a mounted set.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
2438
label
Tsuka with Lions
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
2438
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Lions
description
The kashira is in the shape of a crouching lion turning its head over its shoulder to look up. The gold menuki are a lion and a lioness. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1870 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
menuki
kashira
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
gold, ray skin
creator_ids
6194
6751
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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bb35b369e976a900
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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2ccc7e0ed0e8c43a
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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cc8c980411af0401
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no
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no