Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting The Pine Grove at Miho (三保松原図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 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

91.1.766

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