Socket Brace for Knife (Uragawara)

Unknown Artist

19th century

Socket Brace for Knife (Uragawara) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold

Dimensions

H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Wt. 0.2 oz. (5.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture

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

17.208.79

Tags

Turtles

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