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Knife Handle (Kozuka)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metal handle, dark brown with rust spots, rectangular with rounded end, long thin slot along center; gold-colored ornamental design on right end featuring what appears to be a wrapped object on stick with trailing cord; background gray. Knife Handle (Kozuka), artist unknown.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
599 × 337 px
Museum record:
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