Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) with <i>Sansui Nanga</i> (Mountain and Seascape) Design
Unknown Artist
18th century
Medium
Iron, gold
Dimensions
H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.6 oz. (129 g)
Classification
Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of James Lancel McElhinney, 2019
Accession Number
2019.163.3