Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Icefish Between Seaweed (藻に白魚図鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper

Dimensions

Diam. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 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

91.1.816

Rights

Public Domain

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