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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown circular object with two oval holes side by side and a teardrop shaped hole in the middle. The object is a sword guard, tsuba. Gold inlays depicting a scene with two roosters, one gold and one black, and a hen with chicks. Gold inlays also show a fence on the right side and a tree on the top. Small gold leaves scattered around. Background of the image is light gray.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Iron, gold, silver, copper
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
600 × 600 px
Museum record:
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