Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Brass-colored metal object with rounded rectangular shape and rounded top edge. A teardrop-shaped hole in the center and two rounded rectangular holes on either side. The top half depicts four men with long hair, smiling, looking at each other, and holding a fan and pipe. The bottom half has a wave design with curved lines. The background is gray. The artist is unknown, but the title of the object is "Sword Guard (Tsuba)".
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Copper alloy (sentoku), gold, copper
- Culture
- Japanese
- Dimensions
- 600 × 600 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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