Tsuba with design of grazing horses
Shoami School
(Japanese)
Late 17th–early 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sue-mon
DimensionsOverall: 7.4 x 7.1 x 0.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1901
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century (?)
late 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 18th century