Sword Guard (Tsuba) With the Motif of Dragonfly in Grapevine (葡萄に勝虫図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.8 oz. (136.1 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: probably 18th–19th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 0d31f6f7b49324c4…
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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 (Tsuba) With the Motif of Dragonfly in Grapevine (葡萄に勝虫図鐔). probably 18th–19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Dragonfly in Grapevine (葡萄に勝虫図鐔)