Tsuba with Autumn Flowers

ca. 1866 (Edo-Meiji)

5.5 cm 6.2 cm 0.4 cm

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The front of the tsuba is decorated with chrysanthemums, Chinese bell flowers and a butterfly. On the reverse are mist flowers. These three flowers are among the seven celebrated flowers of autumn that often appear in poetry. This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces a...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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