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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1800

Medium

Iron, gold, copper

Dimensions

H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 3.3 oz. (93.6 g)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Rights

Public Domain

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