Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Dragonfly in Grapevine (葡萄に勝虫図鐔)
Unknown Artist
probably 18th–19th century
Medium
Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)
Dimensions
H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.8 oz. (136.1 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
91.1.830
Tags
Dragonflies