Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hotei (布袋図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 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

91.1.792

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