Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper, copper alloy (sentoku), silver, gold
Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.4 oz. (153.1 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 3566 × 3566
SHA-256: 2d8ce7cce43fc676…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Sword Guard (Tsuba). 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.