Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Crickets (鈴虫図鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) or silver, bronze, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 3.9 oz. (110.6 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

91.1.773

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