Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Bodhidharma Facing a Wall (面壁達磨図鐔)

Medium

Copper alloy (sentoku), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Dimensions

H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 6.9 oz. (195.6 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.803

Rights

Public Domain

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