Crane Design for Sword-Guard
Artist: Yamamoto Baiitsu
two outlines of circular sword guard vertically arranged; top circle has upside-down image of waves at the top, and a flying crane's legs and tail feathers; lower image with white crane with wings spread, looking at viewer in profile at top; pine branches at bottom; crane's wings extend outside the circular outline; background of both images is a rusty orange-brown with brown and tan; when folded together, the two images form the top and bottom design for a sword guard; on very thin paper, mounted to paper backing
- Date
- first half 19th century
- In our collection
- since May the 21st, 2015 up to now
- Dimensions
- 7 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (18.42 × 9.53 cm) 10 × 5 15/16 in. (25.4 × 15.08 cm) (mount, paper mount) 10 1/2 × 7 in. (26.67 × 17.78 cm) (mount, cardboard frame/mount)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Ink and colors on paper
- Price
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- Composition
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oxygen 84% cadmium 16%