Kashira with Dragon
Description
English: A fierce dragon is shown on an elaborate background of carved hexagons. Flowers with four petals are inside each hexagon. Gold plates have been added to the back of the kashira which repeat the hexagon motif.
Date 19th century (Edo-Meiji)
Medium shakudo, gold
Dimensions Length: 3.4 cm (1.3 in).
Current location
Walters Art Museum Link back to Institution infobox template wikidata:Q210081
Accession number 51.995
Place of creation Japan
Object history
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters