Tsuba with landscape design

Shoami School (Japanese)

late 18th–early 19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; copper sekigane; decorative technique: takabori and zogan

DimensionsOverall: 6.8 x 6.2 x 0.4 cm (2 11/16 x 2 7/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession number17.1053

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Asia

ProvenanceLent by D. W. Ross, Feb. 16, 1911

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