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Source Description
Several Chinese lantern plants ("hôzuki") and a lady bug decorate this tsuba. Chinese lanterns are assocaited with summer. This is part of a mounted set of sword fittings all depicting Chinese lanterns.
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Document identity
localId
8610
label
Tsuba with Chinese Lantern Plants
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
8610
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Chinese Lantern Plants
description
Several Chinese lantern plants ("hôzuki") and a lady bug decorate this tsuba. Chinese lanterns are assocaited with summer. This is part of a mounted set of sword fittings all depicting Chinese lanterns.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo, coral, gold, mother-of-pearl dust
creator_ids
5916
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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a26ee37c27c61005
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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084088b1fccca8b6
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no
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no