Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting (Chinese Windmill) Palm Branches (棕櫚透鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

Diam. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 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

91.1.752

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