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Source Description
The two menuki on this tsuka are in the shape of groups of sparrows in flight. The kashira is decorated with a quail standing under a stalk of millet. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79442
label
Tsuka with Sparrows and Quail
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
79442
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Sparrows and Quail
description
The two menuki on this tsuka are in the shape of groups of sparrows in flight. The kashira is decorated with a quail standing under a stalk of millet. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1860 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
menuki
kashira
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
green lacquer, silver, gold, shakudo, copper alloy, ray skin
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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3666fddaffe718be
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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26eef4f62dadb022
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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b31b943fd9c0d712
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no
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no