When was "Sword Guard (Tsuba)" created?

This artwork was created 18th century.

What medium is "Sword Guard (Tsuba)"?

Sword Guard (Tsuba) is Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper.

Yes, Sword Guard (Tsuba) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Unknown Artist

18th century

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Funds from various donors, 1946

Accession Number

46.122.64