Tsuba with a Carp Leaping Out of Water

1860 (late Edo) 4 in. (10.2 cm) Citation Source image

On the right side of this tsuba, a carp is shown leaping from the water. Its body arches to the left, following the curve of the tsuba's edge. At the upper left is a wasp that may be the carp's prey. At the bottom, waves show where the carp exited the water. On the reverse are...

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26577
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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3
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संस्कृति
Japanese
माध्यम
iron, gold, copper

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