Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Lǐ Bái Viewing a Waterfall (李白観瀑図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 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

91.1.795

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