Sword Hilt Ornament

17979

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Menuki
Object Number 17979
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist (uncertain)
Provenience Japan
Period Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made Edo Period-1892
Section Asian
Materials Lead
Iconography Fuku Roku Jin
Description

Sword hilt ornament, menuki. Fuku-roku-jin, holding a hermit's staff of rustic wood with golden scroll tied to it in right hand and a peach in the left.

Height 7.62 cm
Credit Line Deposited by Carl Edelheim, 1892
Other Number LE522 - Other Number | 88-16-113 - Found in Collection Number

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