Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

Diam. of each 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Wt. of each 0.2 oz. (5.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Menuki

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938

Accession Number

38.55.45a, b

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