Kashira with Birds

1827-1857 (late Edo) 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

The kashira is covered in a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). One end is covered with gold enamel. On the enamel are three small birds in shakudo. One bird is on the side and two are on the top. This is part of a set with Walters 51.956.

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31537
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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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