Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, copper alloy, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

probably Vietnamese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.178

Rights

Public Domain