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| Keywords: Omori Teruhide - Tsuba with a Dragon Emerging from Waves - Walters 51331 - Back.jpg A dragon clutching a jewel is shown among waves on this tsuba The jewel is taken from Buddhist belief and is also related to the two tide ruling jewels controlled by the Dragon King of the sea The dragon's body wraps around the tsuba with its head and the jewel shown at the top between 1730 1798 mid Edo shakudo with gold cm 7 8 accession number 51 331 34319 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Omori Teruhide kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Omori Teruhide Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
