Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, copper alloy (sentoku)
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.9 oz. (138.9 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: possibly 17th century
Pixels: 3615 × 3615
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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). possibly 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.