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Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hotei (布袋図鐔) by an unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hotei (布袋図鐔)

Unattributed · ca. 1810–50

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Date

ca. 1810–50

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture / origin

Japanese

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

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