When was "Sword Guard (Tsuba)" created?

This artwork was created 18th century.

What medium is "Sword Guard (Tsuba)"?

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

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

Unknown Artist

18th century

Medium

Copper alloy (sentoku), copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.9 oz. (138.9 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

36.120.84