Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Shōki the Demon Queller (鬼鍾馗図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Possibly bronze, gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 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: late 18th to early 19th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 1082b75df248f010…
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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 Shōki the Demon Queller (鬼鍾馗図鐔). late 18th to early 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.