Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hotei (布袋図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 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

91.1.792

Rights

Public Domain

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