Tsuba with wisteria and dewdrops
Details
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Title
Tsuba with wisteria and dewdrops
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Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
15th - 16th century (1401 - 1600) -
Material and technique
iron, inlaid with brass nail-heads in high relief (taka-zōgan)
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Object type
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Dimensions
7.9 x 7.7 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.10106
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Catalogue text
Rounded oblong; flatly modelled as two racemes of wisteria, one issuing from the top of the seppadai and falling in a curve to the right, the other vice versâ; the interspaces form the large ryōhitsu; dotted above and below with brass "nail-heads" representing dewdrops.
Glossary of terms
tsuba
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