Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 6 oz. (170.1 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: probably 18th century
Pixels: 3647 × 3647
SHA-256: cefac3e06322809f…
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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 (Tsuba). probably 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.