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This tsuba illustrates a story about the 8th-century Chinese painter Wu Daozi [Tao-tzu], who was said to have painted a picture of a dragon so realistic that it came to life. The tsuba shows the painter in the lower right surrounded by brushes and other tools. The dragon looms over the upper left of the tsuba. On the reverse is a pine tree and bamboo. Both secondary holes have been plugged and the background incising continues across the plugs.
Japanese
2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/8 in. (7.15 x 6.88 x 0.38 cm)
medium: sentoku, gold, copper
style: Shimizu School
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
At the lower edge of this tsuba is the rim and shoulder of a wicker basket. Emerging from the basket to form the body of the tsuba are grasses, peonies and chrysanthemums. The handles of the basket form the edge of the tsuba.
Japanese
3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)
medium: iron, gold
style: Sunagawa School
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
This cast silver amulet with a poor surface represents the great national god Amun, standing with the left foot directly in front of the right. The lines of his short kilt, necklace, armlets and bracelets are indicated by incision. There is a large suspension loop behind the (broken) plume on his cap. The heavy-featured face suggests this may be a provincial piece.
Egyptian
H: 1 7/16 x W: 3/16 x D: 5/16 in. (3.58 x 0.44 x 0.81 cm)
medium: cast silver
culture: Egyptian
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Tatsuke Takanori
1757–1833
H. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm)
medium: Gold and silver maki-e with colored lacquer on black lacquer
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 14.40.885a–e 1914
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Sixteenth-century Spanish hunters armed with spears and accompanied by dogs attack a wild bull. It is a dangerous pursuit, and one of the men has fallen backward over his collapsed horse. The dogs are in peril as well. Barye had access to the duke of Orléans's extensive library containing books devoted to history and travel. It was from such sources that he might have derived inspiration for his subjects. This unique lost-wax cast originally was placed next to the plinth carrying the central "Tiger Hunt" (Walters 27.176) in the Duke d'Orleans' celebrated table centre-piece.
H: 18 1/16 × W: 25 9/16 × D: 11 5/8 in. (45.8 × 65 × 29.5 cm)
medium: bronze lost-wax cast with brown varnish patina over yellow bronze with minute traces of gilding
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
7 3/16 x 9 5/16 in. (18.3 x 23.6 cm)
medium: iron gall ink and wash on slightly textured, medium-weight, cream, wove paper
Walters Art Museum, 1960, by bequest.
These works by the French sculptor Claude Michel, called Clodion, show a pair of young satyrs. Clodion was fond of depicting characters from classical antiquity in his work, and the subject of child or baby satyrs in Bacchanalian celebrations appears often in the work of Rococo artists. The female satyr wraps a plump arm around a nest filled with baby birds, while her male counterpart holds an owl. Balancing on one foot, the two flee the scene of their theft.
France, 18th century
terracotta
Overall: 32.1 x 14.8 x 18.1 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 x 7 1/8 in.); with base: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
The motifs of this tsuba illustrate traditional New Year's customs. On the right is a man dressed as a lion who performs a celebratory dance. At the upper left is a decorative rope ("shimenawa"), including pine boughs, which are hung on homes during the New Year's season. At the lower edge on the reverse is a small table with traditional offerings.
Japanese
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
medium: iron, gold, copper
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.