Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Legendary Chinese Horse Doctor Mâshi Húang (馬師皇図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (.5 cm); Wt. 3.8 oz. (107.7 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

81.1.410

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