Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver

Dimensions

Fuchi (a); H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Wt. 0.6 oz. (17 g); kashira (b); H. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); Wt. 0.3 oz. (8.5 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Fuchi-Kashira

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

36.120.440a, b

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