Tsuka with Chinese Lion Menuki

n.d. L: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) Citation Source image

The kashira on the end of the tsuka matches the silver waves of the fuchi (51.1151.3A). The menuki are Chinese-style lions ("shishi"). Depictions of these lions were based on paintings of lions, rather than observations of live lions. Consequentially, they look more like dogs...

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79322
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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