Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown Artist

17th century

Sword Guard (Tsuba) by Unknown Artist

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.211

Tags

BridgesPagodas

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