Tsuba with design of grasses and insects
Myochin School
(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, hammering, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 8 x 0.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession number19.284
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by Henry Adams, April 2, 1909.
18th century (?)
late 18th–early 19th century (?)
18th century
19th century (?)
mid-late 17th century
mid-late 18th century
18th century
mid-late 18th century
mid-late 18th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century