Tsuka with Waves, Horse, and Dragon

19th century (Edo-Meiji) L: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm) Citation Source image

Two menuki are tied onto the tsuka with silk cord. One menuki shows a rider in Chinese style dress on a gold dragon. On the opposite side, the menuki depicts a horse and rider. The waves on the kashira repeat the motif on the matching fuchi and kozuka. This is part of a mounte...

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79325
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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