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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown circular object with a textured surface. The object is a sword guard. A rounded rectangular hole is on the left side. An elongated teardrop-shaped hole is in the center, surrounded by a rough edge with small bumps. On the right side, there are three curved cutouts resembling leaves or blades, with a small circular shape overlapping them. Three small circular indentations are between the curved cutouts and teardrop-shaped hole. The background is light gray.

Artwork details

Date:
16th century
Medium:
Iron, copper
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
600 × 600 px
Museum record:
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