Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Paulownia Leaves, Tendrils, and Butterfly (蝶に桐唐草図鐔)

Medium

Copper alloy (sentoku), gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.7 oz. (76.5 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

91.1.798

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