Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Prawn (海老図鐔)

Round, dark gray metal object with a central hole and a smaller oval hole to the left. The central hole is shaped like a teardrop with the pointed end down. A brown prawn or shrimp design on the right side of the object with its head to the right and its body curving up and left. The prawn has a long antennae on top of its head and several legs underneath its body. A small brown flower-like design below the central hole. Several curved brown lines extend from the top of the prawn's body towards the top left. The background of the image is white.

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Date:: ca. 1615–1868
Medium:: Iron, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Culture:: Japanese
Dimensions:: 600 × 600 px
Museum record:: View original

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Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Prawn (海老図鐔)

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