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Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unattributed · possibly 19th century

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Date

possibly 19th century

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper (mokume-gane); gold; silver

Dimensions

H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.6 oz. (102.1 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture / origin

Japanese

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

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