Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Six Connected Butterflies (六つ蝶繋透鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.4 oz. (124.7 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

91.1.755

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