Tsuba with filled pierced design
Tosho School
(Japanese)
Late 16th–early 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: copper, gold and silver; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and nunome-zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7.6 x 0.2 cm (3 1/8 x 3 x 1/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2555
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 16th–mid-17th century
mid-late 18th century
18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th century
18th century
Early 18th century
18th century