Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Clams (蛤図鐔)

Medium

Copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) gold

Dimensions

H. 2 11/16 in. (6.82 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3.6 oz. (102.1 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

91.1.788

Rights

Public Domain