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Source Description
This scroll work design imitates decoration on lacquer ware. The motif is carved into layers of lacquers, often revealing different colors in the various layers. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1078.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
15112
label
Kashira with Scrollwork Design
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
15112
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Kashira with Scrollwork Design
description
This scroll work design imitates decoration on lacquer ware. The motif is carved into layers of lacquers, often revealing different colors in the various layers. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1078.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
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CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
kashira
sword components
handles
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) (l.)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo
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6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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3e67887fc4942e65