Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Guo Jù (郭巨図鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.8 oz. (164.4 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.411

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