Tsuba with Chrysanthemums and a Snail

ca. 1824-1864 (late Edo)

7.1 cm 7.2 cm 0.4 cm

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On the front of this tsuba, chrysanthemums made of variously colored metals are shown sheltered by a bamboo umbrella. On the reverse, a copper snail is shown crawling up a stalk of bamboo in the upper left. Chrysanthemums are generally a sign of autumn and snails are associate...

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27115
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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