Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: late 18th–early 19th century
Pixels: 3647 × 3647
SHA-256: db7dc388555f3c55…
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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). late 18th–early 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.