Tsuba with five dragonflies
Details
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Title
Tsuba with five dragonflies
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Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
1st half of the 19th century -
Material and technique
iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.1 x 7.8 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Dame Jemima Church, in accordance with the wishes of her Husband, Sir Arthur H. Church, 1929.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EAX.10762
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Catalogue text
Pierced (and flatly modelled on each face) with five dragonflies within the narrow border (which is overlapped by some of the wing-tips).
The seppadai of this guard has softly dented surfaces.
Glossary of terms
tsuba
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