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Source Description
At the upper right are a large, blossoming peony and a bud. Another flower is at the lower right. On the reverse is a butterfly in gold. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
1635
label
Tsuba with Peony and Butterfly
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Source metadata
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1635
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Peony and Butterfly
description
At the upper right are a large, blossoming peony and a bud. Another flower is at the lower right. On the reverse is a butterfly in gold. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1871 (Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
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3
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 明治辛未孟夏 於東府墨泉邊; [Transliteration] Meiji kanoto hitsuji môka
oite tôfu Sumi izumi atari; [Translation] Meiji year of the sheep (1871) fourth month
in Tokyo near Sumi spring; [Signature] 貞幹; [Translation] Teikan (kao)
med
silver, shakudo, gold, copper
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2479
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JMA
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none
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photo
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photo
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