Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) or copper alloy (sentoku), silver, gold, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 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

Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), 1937

Accession Number

38.25.24

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