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Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two metal objects, Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments, by an unknown artist. The top object is oval-shaped and dark-colored with diagonal lines. A thin gold line runs horizontally across the oval shape, with a small leaf-shaped protrusion on the left side and a short stem-like protrusion on the right side. The bottom object is rectangular with a curved top edge and a flat bottom edge. It has a dark-colored top section with a gold line running across it and a lighter-colored bottom section with a curved fold in the middle. The background is a plain light gray color.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold, copper
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
600 × 480 px
Museum record:
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