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Source Description
The two menuki on this tsuka are in the shape of standing Chinese figures. On the front is a woman holding a fan. She may be the Queen Mother of the West, who had an orchard of peaches that granted immortality. The figure on the reverse is a man carrying a peach on a tray. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79570
label
Tsuka with Chinese Figures
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
79570
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Chinese Figures
description
The two menuki on this tsuka are in the shape of standing Chinese figures. On the front is a woman holding a fan. She may be the Queen Mother of the West, who had an orchard of peaches that granted immortality. The figure on the reverse is a man carrying a peach on a tray. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acqisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (?) (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
kashira
menuki
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
sentoku, gold, baleen
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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22c0a0f847070177
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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3c2c714dcc4b2afb
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no
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no
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3
type
photo
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5227a7400b0de1a3
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no
hasDescription
no