MAKE A MEME View Large Image Tsuba with Gourd with Grasshopper - Walters 51145 - Back.jpg This silver tsuba is shaped in the form of a gourd One large gourd fills the right side and lower section Leaves and a smaller gourd are on the top The hole for the utility knife ...
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Keywords: Hamano Shôzui - Tsuba with Gourd with Grasshopper - Walters 51145 - Back.jpg This silver tsuba is shaped in the form of a gourd One large gourd fills the right side and lower section Leaves and a smaller gourd are on the top The hole for the utility knife on the left is in the space between the main gourd and the leaves A cricket perches below the central opening Gourds are a symbol of longevity between 1696 1769 Edo silver cm 6 74 5 19 0 44 accession number 51 145 6124 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Otsuryuken/Masayuki place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Hamano Shôzui Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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