Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Icefish Between Seaweed (藻に白魚図鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper

Dimensions

Diam. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 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

91.1.816

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