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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Round, dark brown metal object with a floral design. The object has a central oval shape with two smaller oval cutouts on either side. The central oval has a gold accent at the top and bottom. The object is surrounded by a circle of flowers with five petals each. The flowers are dark brown with gold accents on some of the petals. The background of the image is light gray. Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unknown artist.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Iron, gold, copper
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
600 × 600 px
Museum record:
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