Keywords: Japanese - Tsuba with Dragons - Walters 5112012 - Back.jpg The rim of the tsuba is decorated with incised clouds Five small gold dragons coiled into circles are even spaced along the edge Dragons are associated with water and often depicted with clouds or waves This is part of a mounted set century 19 Edo-Meiji shibuichi gold cm 5 1 accession number 51 1201 2 79513 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |