Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-siver alloy (shibuichi)

Dimensions

Menuki (a); L. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Wt. 0.3 oz. (8.5 g); menuki (b); L. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Wt. 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

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.1304a, b

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