Tsuba with Squirrels in a Grape Vine

1st half 19th century (late Edo)

7 cm 7.4 cm 0.5 cm

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Grape vines filled with fruit surround the openings on this tsuba. Five squirrels are shown amongst the vine. On the front, two are on the left side, and one is in the middle next to the artist's signature. On the reverse, the squirrels are at the upper right and lower left.

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15374
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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