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Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Ichijosai Hironaga (Hirotoshi)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown metal object, cylindrical shape, rounded end on right, flat end on left. A relief sculpture of a fish on top near the flat end. The fish faces left and has its mouth open. Two small copper-colored metal pieces and a thin gold-colored metal wire are on the left side. The background is gray.

Artwork Details

Date
mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium
Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
599 × 337 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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