Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Round, flat, dark gray metal object with a geometric pattern of interlocking lines. The pattern consists of light gray interlocking lines on a dark gray background. The object has a thick dark gray border. There are three cut-out sections: a central elongated oval and two smaller oval sections on either side. The central oval section has two small semicircular copper-colored pieces at the top and bottom. The two smaller oval sections have a thin gold outline. The background of the image is light gray. The artist and title of this piece is Sword Guard (Tsuba).