Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Unknown Artist
late 18th century
Medium
Iron, gold, copper
Dimensions
H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 6.2 oz. (175.8 g)
Classification
Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession Number
36.120.155
Tags
Dragons