Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Two Dragons Chasing a Gem (玉追い双龍図南蛮鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 11/16in. (6.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.7 oz. (133.2 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

91.1.756

Rights

Public Domain

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