MAKE A MEME View Large Image Japanese - Tsuka with Gentian Crests - Walters 5112673 - Back.jpg This tsuka is constructed as a single piece and does not have individual separate fuchi kashira and menuki The main cartouche is decorated with a vine pattern and two gentian ...
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Keywords: Japanese - Tsuka with Gentian Crests - Walters 5112673 - Back.jpg This tsuka is constructed as a single piece and does not have individual separate fuchi kashira and menuki The main cartouche is decorated with a vine pattern and two gentian flower crests This crest was widely used by families related to court nobles It was most famously used by the Minamoto clan This is part of a mounted set century 19 Edo-Meiji gold lacquer shibuichi cm 15 4 accession number 51 1267 3 1666 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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