Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: early 18th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 8e216763ce9463bb…
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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). early 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.