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

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper, bronze
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 6.3 oz. (178.6 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 9e315c212219e6c0…
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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>). 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.