Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, brass

Dimensions

L. of each 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); W. of each 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Wt. of each 0.5 oz. (14.2 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Menuki

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.486a, b

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