Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Zhūgě Liàng and Guān Yǔ (孔明・関羽図鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5.6 oz. (158.8 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

91.1.814

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