Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With <i>Shishi</i> Lion and Peonies Motif (獅子牡丹図鐔)

Medium

Brass (sentoku)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.9 oz. (138.9 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

91.1.781

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