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Source Description
Two dragonflies appear to be flying around the edges of this tsuba. On the front, one dragonfly comes over the top, when the tail of the second is visible at the bottom. On the reverse, the rest of both dragonflies can be seen. There is a wood grain pattering to the body of the tsuba.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9764
label
Tsuba with Two Dragonflies
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
9764
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Two Dragonflies
description
Two dragonflies appear to be flying around the edges of this tsuba. On the front, one dragonfly comes over the top, when the tail of the second is visible at the bottom. On the reverse, the rest of both dragonflies can be seen. There is a wood grain pattering to the body of the tsuba.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuba
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.4
height
7.1
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 13/16 × D: 1/4 in. (7.4 × 7.1 × 0.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo (gold-copper alloy), gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
12817afb31f9b4aa
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
ba971973680e4ac9
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no