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Source Description
A spiny lobster is depicted in copper with gold and shakudo details. This is part of a set with Walters 51.920.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18429
label
Kashira with Spiny Lobster
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
18429
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Kashira with Spiny Lobster
description
A spiny lobster is depicted in copper with gold and shakudo details. This is part of a set with Walters 51.920.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th-early 19th century (Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kashira
sword components
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo, copper, gold, gilt
creator_ids
3893
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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