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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Octagonal object with a hole in the middle, brown and black background with gold and silver leaf designs. A blue circle behind a plant with a curved stem. The plant stem is gold with a white leaf and a yellow leaf. There are flowers and leaves on the bottom right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1615–1868
Medium:
Copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper alloy (sentoku)
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
600 × 600 px
Museum record:
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