Tsuba with Two Figures with a Chinese Lion-Dog

ca. 1765 (Edo)

6.9 cm 7 cm 0.5 cm

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The openwork design on this tsuba features two figures standing at the right. The one in the rear carries a quiver of arrows and a bow. He is blowing a long horn. The figure in front holds a Chinese style lion-dog ("shishi") on a leash. This animal did not exist, but is derive...

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11246
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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