Tsuba with Scrollwork Design

19th century

6.9 cm 7.4 cm 0.5 cm

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This tsuba is decorated with a design of incised scrollwork. The body of the tsuba is composed of alternating layers of copper and a copper alloy with gold. This created bands of color that can be seen on the edge and within the incisions. Both secondary holes have been plugge...

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20518
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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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