Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Peony and Butterflies (菊に蝶図鐔)

Medium

Copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), silver, gold, bronze

Dimensions

H. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4 oz. (113.4 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

91.1.787

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