Sword guard (</>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Exiled Writer and Statesman Su Shi (蘇東坡図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper alloy (possibly sentoku), copper
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 1750–1800
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
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Sword guard (</>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Exiled Writer and Statesman Su Shi (蘇東坡図鐔). 1750–1800. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.