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Source Description
This tsuba is decorated with two fish and a spiny lobster. The lobster is at the upper right on the front. A fish is at the lower left. On the reverse is a snapper. The hole for the utility knife has been plugged.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
40877
label
Tsuba with Spiny Lobster and Fish
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
40877
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Spiny Lobster and Fish
description
This tsuba is decorated with two fish and a spiny lobster. The lobster is at the upper right on the front. A fish is at the lower left. On the reverse is a snapper. The hole for the utility knife has been plugged.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.8
height
8.1
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
3 7/16 x 3 3/16 x 1/4 in. (8.8 x 8.1 x 0.56 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, gold, copper alloy (nigurome (?)), lead
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
54e256d52a26dab8
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
5cdb420164c887a2
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no