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グリ彫金具脇指拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)

尾張関 Owari-Seki

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A short sword sheath with patterned scabbard pointing right; brown handle with gold accents to the left; a thin yellow and blue cord with a tassel emerges from sheath near handle.

Artwork details

Date:
blade, 17th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium:
Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>same</i>), baleen, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper (<i>hiirodō</i>)
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
599 × 324 px
Museum record:
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