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Tsuba with design of fruiting gourd vine
Tsuba with design of fruiting gourd vine

Tsuba with design of fruiting gourd vine

Kinai (Japanese)
Echizen Kinai School (Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori and sukidashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2074
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
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