Tsuba with a Pair of Folding Screens

late 18th century (mid Edo)

7.8 cm 8.1 cm 0.5 cm

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This unusual tsuba shows two folding screens framing the central hole. The upper screen has a pattern of chrysanthemum flowers. The lower screen is placed with its back to the viewer. The two auxiliary holes have both been plugged. In traditional Japanese architecture, screens...

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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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