Tsuka with Dragon, Clouds, and Waves
This tsuka is made as one piece, without separate fuchi, kashira and menuki. A fierce dragon is wrapped around a background of clouds and waves. Dragons are associated with water, so they are often depicted with clouds or waves. The inscription seems to be from a 12th-century...
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13718
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object
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normalized
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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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6
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1269.3_MrkB_DD_JP09.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1269.3_MrkB_DD_JP09.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1269.3_MrkB_DD_JP09.jpg |
| imageCount | 6 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1269.3 |
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