Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Dragon Between Waves (波龍図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 3605 × 3605
SHA-256: e95e9566e189a4a7…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Dragon Between Waves (波龍図鐔). 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.