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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
Museum record:
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