What medium is "Sword guard (Tsuba) with Flower Basket Motif (花籠図鐔)"?

Sword guard (Tsuba) with Flower Basket Motif (花籠図鐔) is Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold.

Is "Sword guard (Tsuba) with Flower Basket Motif (花籠図鐔)" in the public domain?

Yes, Sword guard (Tsuba) with Flower Basket Motif (花籠図鐔) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

This artwork was created late 18th–early 19th century.

Unknown Artist

late 18th–early 19th century

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Dimensions

H. 2 15/16 in. (7.46 cm); W. 2 13/16 in. (7.14 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4.6 oz. (130.4 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

91.1.782