Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Dragon Between Waves (波龍図鐔)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 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

91.1.786

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