Tsuba with design of a clam and an awabi shell
Kinai
(Japanese)
Echizen Kinai School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane and shakudo plug; decorative technique: takabori, sukashi bori and tokin
DimensionsOverall: 6.7 x 6.7 x 0.5 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2077
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
18th century (?)
Late 17th–early 18th century
mid-18th century
mid-late 18th century
18th century
18th century (?)
17th century
early to mid-18th century
mid to late 18th century
18th century
18th century
early to mid-19th century