Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Insects and Autumnal Vegetation (秋草に虫図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); W. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 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

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.415

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