Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hanshan and Shide (寒山拾得図鐔)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.8 oz. (136.1 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

91.1.802

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