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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark gray circular metal object with three cut-out sections. Two oval-shaped cut-outs on left side and one more rounded rectangle cut-out on right side. Cut-outs vary in size. Object has dark gray curved and straight lines with gold accents throughout. Some lines are thicker than others. Some lines have gold accents on both sides while others only one side. Lines have simplistic drawing of plant with thin curved leaves at bottom right section of object. Thin vertical line in center of object with five characters, four on left side of line and one on right side of line. Characters are small and gray in color. Background is light grey. Sword Guard (Tsuba) by Artist.

Artwork Details

Date
1858
Medium
Iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
600 × 600 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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