Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Autumnal Vegetation (秋草透鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper, silver-copper alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>)

Dimensions

H. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); W. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.6 oz. (73.7 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

91.1.757

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