Dagger in Scabbard with Butterflies and Peonies
The tanto blade, from the early 14th century, is inscribed with the Sanskrit character presenting the Buddhist deity Fudô Myô-ô. It is mounted in a 19th-century scabbard decorated with butterflies on lacquer and metalwork depicting peonies. Some of the metal fittings are signe...
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36531
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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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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1237_Gp_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1237_Gp_BW.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1237 |
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