Tsuba with design of peony and butterfly
Umetada
(Japanese)
Umetada School
(Japanese)
mid-late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; stamped lead plug, copper sekigane; decorative technique: hammering, sukidashi-bori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7.1 x 0.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2534
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 17th–early 18th century
18th century (?)
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
19th century (?)
18th century (?)
19th century (?)
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century