Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Round, dark brown metal object with a central oval hole; two dragons carved in relief with gold inlays on either side of the hole; body of object perforated with curved shapes resembling waves or flames; dragons have gold eyes and gold scaly skin; gold details on claws and mouth; some gold inlays are dotted.
Artwork Details
- Date
- late 17th century
- Medium
- Iron, gold, copper
- Culture
- Japanese
- Dimensions
- 600 × 600 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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