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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown circular metal object with rust spots. Two oval holes are present, one on the left and one on the right side; the right hole is filled with gold. A vertical, elongated triangular hole is in the center. Two raised, dark gray boar figures with gold details are below the holes, one on the bottom left and one on the bottom right. The boar on the left faces left and the boar on the right faces down. The background is light gray. Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unknown artist.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1615–1868
Medium
Iron, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
600 × 600 px
Public Domain
Yes
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