Mokkō-shaped tsuba with dragonflies over a pond

Details

• Title

  Mokkō-shaped tsuba with dragonflies over a pond

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1800

• Material and technique

  iron, with hira-zōgan (flat inlay) in silver, shibuichi, and gold; inlay engraved; ryōhitsu plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō, gilded, and gilded; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo;

  processed material › metal › copper

  more

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › inlaid;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  filled › plugged;

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8.2 x 7.5 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Dame Jemima Church, in accordance with the wishes of her Husband, Sir Arthur H. Church, 1929.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.10878

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