Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Dragon and Paulownia Leaves With Tendrils (龍と桐唐草図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, copper, gold
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. 6.8 oz. (192.8 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: ca. 1615–1868
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 3dcda9465918dce0…
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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>) Depicting Dragon and Paulownia Leaves With Tendrils (龍と桐唐草図鐔). ca. 1615–1868. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.