Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

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

Dimensions

L. of each 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. of each 0.4 oz. (11.3 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

38.55.20a, b