Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Connected <i>Shippō</i> Elements (七宝繋ぎ透鐔)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.1 oz. (87.9 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

91.1.780

Rights

Public Domain