Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 3.4 oz. (96.4 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 17th century
Pixels: 3592 × 3592
SHA-256: 6bab7ae3c4b8204c…
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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>). 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.