Tsuka with Sparrows and Quail

ca. 1860 (Edo) L: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm) Citation Source image

The two menuki on this tsuka are in the shape of groups of sparrows in flight. The kashira is decorated with a quail standing under a stalk of millet. This is part of a mounted set.

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79442
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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