Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With (probably) the Motif of The Seven Sages in the Bamboo Groove (竹林七賢か透鐔)
Unknown Artist
ca. 1615–1868
Medium
Iron, gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions
Diam. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.7 oz. (133.2 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
91.1.754
Tags
Men