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

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.2 oz. (119.1 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 18th century
Pixels: 3610 × 3610
SHA-256: f94087d702ec40ad…
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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>). 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.