Keywords: Japanese - Tsuba with a Rat and a Chinese Hot Pepper - Walters 51151.jpg At the lower right edge of this tsuba a silver rat holds a Chinese hot pepper The body is made of red coral and the stem is gold On the lower left of the back is a second pepper made in the same fashion date iron silver gold coral cm 5 5 accession number 51 151 36120 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |