MAKE A MEME View Large Image Shen Nong) - Walters 51265 - Back.jpg The Chinese sage Shinnô Ch Shen Nong is shown here sitting with a Chinese boy who appears to read to him from a scroll Shinnô is usually shown holding or eating blades of grass and has two small horns ...
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Keywords: Japanese - Tsuba with ShinnĂ´ (Ch Shen Nong) - Walters 51265 - Back.jpg The Chinese sage Shinnô Ch Shen Nong is shown here sitting with a Chinese boy who appears to read to him from a scroll Shinnô is usually shown holding or eating blades of grass and has two small horns on his head Shinnô is credited with inventing the plow and the harp He also expanded the number of ideograms for the written language from eight to sixty-four On the reverse of the tsuba is a waterfall and a pine tree date iron shibuichi gold copper shakudo cm 7 16 7 06 0 51 accession number 51 265 35885 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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