Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Skanda (韋駄天図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.2 oz. (119.1 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 06fc4c71615d57f6…
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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 Skanda (韋駄天図鐔). 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.