MAKE A MEME View Large Image Tsuba with a Snake on Tree Trunk - Walters 51233 - Back.jpg The body of a snake curves around the edge of this tsuba on the right The snake is depicted wrapping its body around a rotting tree trunk The head and tail can be seen on the front ...
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Keywords: Hamano Shôzui - Tsuba with a Snake on Tree Trunk - Walters 51233 - Back.jpg The body of a snake curves around the edge of this tsuba on the right The snake is depicted wrapping its body around a rotting tree trunk The head and tail can be seen on the front while the middle section of the snake is on the back The hole for the utility knife is designed to look like a section of the tree has rotten away between 1696 1769 mid Edo copper silver gold shibuichi cm 8 08 7 38 0 42 accession number 51 233 6351 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Hankeishi/Shôzui 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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