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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown metal sword guard, tsuba, with rounded shape and scalloped edge. Two oval-shaped holes cut out, one large on left, one smaller top-center. Small figure on right side in gray metal with gold accents on belt and object held in hand; another figure depicted in gold and brown metal at top-center.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century
Medium
Iron, gold, silver, copper
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
600 × 600 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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