Mokkō-shaped tsuba with dragonflies over a pond
Details
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Title
Mokkō-shaped tsuba with dragonflies over a pond
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Associated place
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
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.2 x 7.5 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.10878
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Catalogue text
Mokkō; three large dragonflies over a pond with nuphar plants, realistically represented in engraved inlay of silver, shibuichi and gold; ryōhitsu plugged with gilt metal vertically reeded. Signed: Norimasa [Japanese text]. (Unrecorded).
Glossary of terms
shakudō
shibuichi
tsuba
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