Tsuka with a Tree Branch and Birds

19th century (?) (Edo) L: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm) Citation Source image

The tsuka is designed to look like the branch of a tree. One menuki is in the shape of a hawk. The other menuki is two sparrows. The kashira is shaped like the ivy covered roof of a hut. This is part of a mounted set.

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79352
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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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en
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