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