Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Shōki the Demon Queller (鬼鍾馗図鐔)

Medium

Possibly bronze, gold, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.9 oz. (138.9 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

91.1.784

Rights

Public Domain

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