Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Biting Lion Heads (<i>Shikami</i>) and Arabesques (獅噛唐草図南蛮鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.6 oz. (130.4 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.806