Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Herons (鷺図鐔)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (6.7 x 6.0 cm)

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

81.1.412

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