Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Clams (蛤図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 11/16 in. (6.82 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3.6 oz. (102.1 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

91.1.788