Mokkō-shaped tsuba with design of insects and flowers

Details

• Title

  Mokkō-shaped tsuba with design of insects and flowers

• Artist/maker

  Mino Goto School (active 1600 - 1900) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  shakudō, with punched nanako decoration, inlaid with gold and shakudō

• Material index

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

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  marked › punched;

  covered › inlaid;

  forged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  6.5 x 6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by J. D. Reynolds and Mrs T. O' Brien, 1962.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1962.175

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