Tsuba with design of dragons
Tetsugendo Naoshige
(Japanese, died in 1780)
Tetsugendo School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, takabori, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 6.6 x 6.3 x 0.7 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession number19.276
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by Henry Adams, April 2, 1909.
Tetsugendo Naoshige
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tetsugendo Naoshige
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Tetsugendo Naoshige
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)