Tsuba with design of dragons and foliage
Nanban School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and sukidashi-bori, with traces of nunome-zogan
DimensionsOverall: 9.5 x 9 x 0.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.209
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
mid-late 17th century
late 17th–early 18th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Early 19th century
18th century
18th century
18th century