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Source Description
Grape vines filled with fruit surround the openings on this tsuba. Three squirrels are shown amongst the vine. One is at the top on the front side. A second is below the secondary opening on the left. The third is on the reverse just above the secondary opening on the left.
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Document identity
localId
7228
label
Tsuba with Squirrels in a Grape Vine
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
7228
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Squirrels in a Grape Vine
description
Grape vines filled with fruit surround the openings on this tsuba. Three squirrels are shown amongst the vine. One is at the top on the front side. A second is below the secondary opening on the left. The third is on the reverse just above the secondary opening on the left.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1845 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuba
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7
height
6.7
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/4 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 1/4 in. (7 × 6.7 × 0.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 守邨厚隆; [Translation] Morimura Atsutaka (kao)
med
sentoku (copper-tin alloy), shakudo (gold-copper alloy), gold
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2454
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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photo
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photo
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3
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photo
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