Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 6.5 oz. (184.3 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: early 17th century
Pixels: 3640 × 3640
SHA-256: c7ac93fca28f1e46…
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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 (<i>Tsuba</i>). early 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.