Tsuba with a Horse in Negative Silhouette

1741-1830 (Edo) 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm) Citation Source image

The figure of this horse was cleverly created by cutting away the metal of the tsuba. One of the characters in the artist's name is "horse."

Artifact

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25590
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object
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normalized
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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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3
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