Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Gold, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

Menuki (a); L. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Wt. 0.2 oz. (5.7 g); menuki (b); L. 1 in. (2.5 cm); Wt. 0.3 oz. (8.5 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Menuki

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938

Accession Number

38.55.2a, b