Smallsword with Scabbard
Unknown Artist
ca. 1730
Medium
Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, steel, wood, leather, textile
Dimensions
L. with scabbard 38 1/8 in. (96.8 cm); L. without scabbard 37 5/8 in. (95.6 cm); L. of blade 31 3/4 in. (80.7 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Wt. 12 oz. (340.2 g); Wt. of scabbard 3 oz. (85 g)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Japanese, possibly Dejima, for the Western market
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926
Accession Number
26.145.327a, b