Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Phoenix Motif (鳳凰図鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)

Dimensions

H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5.3 oz. (150.3 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

91.1.813

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