Tsuba with design of guri scrolls

early to mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: silver; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: shakudo and copper; decorative technique: guri-bori

DimensionsOverall: 6 x 4.5 x 0.4 cm (2 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5360

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Late 18th–19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Fukuchi Tadamasa

mid-19th century

Fukuchi Tadamasa

mid-19th century

Hamano Shôzui

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Mito School

mid-19th century

Nara School, Tsuneshige Sub-school

Late 18th–early 19th century

Uchikoshi Hironaga

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)