Tsuba in the Form of Six Monkeys
Artist
Arai Teruyuki
(Japanese, ca. 1825 – 1875)
Datemid-19th century
PeriodEdo period (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
CultureJapanese
MediumIron alloy, gold and copper inlays
ClassificationWeapons
Provenance(Flying Cranes Antiques, New York City, ID as Takeshige); purchased by Nancy and Philip Kotler, Longboat Key, Florida, n.d.-2022; donated to the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2022-present.
Credit LineGift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2022
Object number2022.13.8
On View
Not on view
no date
1880-1920
Circa 2nd century AD
Late 19th to early 20th century
