Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Eagle Preying on Monkey (猿捕食猛禽図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Possibly copper-silver alloy shibuichi), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 5a7401e9d4e0aa0e…
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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 Eagle Preying on Monkey (猿捕食猛禽図鐔). 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.