Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87) / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.18
- Title
- Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- gold
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Professor Rose Vainstein
- Dimensions
- 0.7 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.2 cm (1/4 in. x 1 3/8 in. x 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th Century
- Primary Object Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Primary Object Type
- scabbard ornament
- Secondary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Secondary Object Type
- scabbard ornament
- Physical Description
- Golden lion with gently curving tail and arched back. Each foot is capped with three intimidating claw-like nails. The lion is oriented as if stalking from left to right, but the head turns back inward towards the center, with a downward flowing mane.
- Subject Matter
- Lion scabbard ornament attached to the handle of the sword (1973/2.87).
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- cases (containers)
- containers
- containers by form
- edged weapons
- mammals
- objects we use
- sheaths
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 673 x 432
- File Size
- 39 KB
- Record
- 1982/2.18
- Link to this Item
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"Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87); Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1982-sl-2.18/1982_2.18.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
