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Source Description
At the lower right edge of this tsuba, a silver rat holds a Chinese hot pepper. The body is made of red coral and the stem is gold. On the lower left of the back is a second pepper made in the same fashion.
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Document identity
localId
36120
label
Tsuba with a Rat and a Chinese Hot Pepper
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
36120
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Rat and a Chinese Hot Pepper
description
At the lower right edge of this tsuba, a silver rat holds a Chinese hot pepper. The body is made of red coral and the stem is gold. On the lower left of the back is a second pepper made in the same fashion.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, silver, gold, coral
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
42239267cb4704f6
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
0b31987cf1b35719
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no