Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Connected <i>Shippō</i> Elements (七宝繋ぎ透鐔)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.1 oz. (87.9 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

91.1.780