Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Grapevines on Trellis Motif (葡萄棚図鐔)

Hisanori

Medium: Brass, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.4 oz. (124.7 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: possibly 17th century
Pixels: 3630 × 3630
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Hisanori. Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Grapevines on Trellis Motif (葡萄棚図鐔), possibly 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.