Tsuka with Dragon
The handle is wrapped with baleen, which is often called "whale bone" although it is not a bone. A small section of ray skin is visable near the kashira. On the kashira is a gold dragon in clouds. This is part of a mounted set.
Images (2)
Artifact
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14642
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
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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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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1284.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1284.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1284.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1284.2 |
Terms
Culture
Japanese
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