Tsuba with bamboo

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with bamboo

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1st half of the 18th century

• Material and technique

  copper; shakudō kozuka-hole rim

• Material index

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo

• Technique index

  forged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.3 x 7 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)

• 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.10945

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