Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Two Dragons Chasing a Gem (玉追い双龍図南蛮鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 11/16in. (6.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.7 oz. (133.2 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

91.1.756

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