Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

Fuchi (a); H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 0.8 oz. (22.7 g); kashira (b); H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. 0.6 oz. (17 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

36.120.458a, b

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