Tsuba with a Chinese Immortal

ca.1725-1750 (Edo)

7.5 cm 7.9 cm 0.5 cm

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The face of a Chinese immortal appears at the lower right of this tsuba. He wears a cloth covering on his head and carries a fly whisk. The background of the tsuba is iron with a wood grain appearance. The body was probably made by Munesada and the decoration added by Noriyuki.

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39971
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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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4
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Terms

संस्कृति
Japanese
माध्यम
iron, silver, shibuichi

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