Tsuba with design of lions and blossoms
Nanban School
(Japanese)
mid-late 18th century (?)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; shakudo shim; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, sukidashi-bori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 8.1 x 0.6 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.1060
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by D. W. Ross, Feb. 16, 1911
Early 19th century
mid-19th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
18th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
18th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-18th century