Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

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

Dimensions

L. of each 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. of each 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

Gift of a Trustee of the Museum, 1917

Accession Number

17.208.22a, b

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