Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper alloy (sentoku), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 17th century
Pixels: 3631 × 3631
SHA-256: 6832349276bd40ec…
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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). 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.