Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Sunrise Over the Ocean (日の出に波濤図鐔)
Unknown Artist
19th century
Medium
Copper, gold, silver or copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions
H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 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
91.1.789
Tags
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