Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Group of Monkeys in a Peach Tree (猿猴摘桃透鐔)
Unknown Artist
ca. 1615–1868
Medium
Iron, copper, gold
Dimensions
H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5.2 oz. (147.4 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
91.1.753
Tags
Monkeys