Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), bronze, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3.6 oz. (102.1 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 18th century
Pixels: 3643 × 3643
SHA-256: fc27858e7fe9605b…
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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). 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.