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Tsuba with design of leaves

(Japanese)
(Japanese)
late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo; copper sekigane; decorative technique: hammering, sukashi-bori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 8.1 x 0.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.1066
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by D. W. Ross, Feb. 16, 1911
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