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Source Description
This tsuba is designed as several overlapping peacock feathers. The eyes at the end of the feathers are decorated with copper and shakudo. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
11158
label
Tsuba with Peacock Feathers
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obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
id
11158
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Peacock Feathers
description
This tsuba is designed as several overlapping peacock feathers. The eyes at the end of the feathers are decorated with copper and shakudo. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st half 19th century (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 平安 永田直寛; [Translation] Nagata Naohiro (kao)
med
silver, copper, shakudo, gold
creator_ids
1947
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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