Keywords: Ogawa Teikan - Tsuba with Peony and Butterfly - Walters 5112272.jpg At the upper right are a large blossoming peony and a bud Another flower is at the lower right On the reverse is a butterfly in gold This is part of a mounted set 1871 Meiji silver shakudo gold copper cm 6 4 accession number 51 1227 2 1635 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Inscription Meiji kanoto hitsuji môka oite tôfu Sumi izumi atari; Translation Meiji year of the sheep 1871 fourth month in Tokyo near Sumi spring; Signature Teikan kao place of origin Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Ogawa Teikan Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |