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| Keywords: Otsuki Mitsuhiro - Tsuba with Herons in a Lotus Pond - Walters 51137 - Back.jpg On this tsuba two heron stand in a lotus pond The large lotus petals are visible on the left There is at least one other tsuba like this by Mitsuhiro and one by his father Mitsuoki The inscription says that the design is after one by the 10th-century Chinese painter Hsu Hsi This may be a reference to paintings by Hsu Hsi of herons and lotus plants in Japanese temple collections but the composition does not match any known paintings between 1795 1841 late Edo sentoku shibuichi silver cm 6 3 5 56 0 32 accession number 51 137 38649 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Joki no zu o motte chosen/Otsuki Mitsuhiro; Translation Carved after a painting by Hsu Hsi/Otsuki Mitsuhiro place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Otsuki Mitsuhiro Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
