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Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Peony Motif (牡丹図鐔)

Takehara Tomomasa

late 18th–early 19th century

Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Peony Motif (牡丹図鐔) by Takehara Tomomasa

Medium

Iron, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5.9 oz. (167.3 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

91.1.820

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

Peonies

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