Tsuba depicting the Chinese generals Kuan Yü and Ch'ang Fei
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Title
Tsuba depicting the Chinese generals Kuan Yü and Ch'ang Fei
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Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
2nd half of the 18th century -
Material and technique
sentoku, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
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Object type
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Dimensions
7.1 x 6.6 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth) -
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.10984
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Catalogue text
Low-relief modelling with iroye incrustation and partial openwork, depicting the famous Chinese generals Kuan Yü (Japanese Kwanu) and Ch'ang Fei (Chōhi) in a rocky hollow to right, the former standing while the other sits reading a scroll; near by is a small cascade, and another hollow in the rock forms the kodzuka-hole; at the back are their two horses and the gnarled trunks of three big trees. Signed: Kōto no jū ("resident of Yedo") Fuji [Japanese text] Kōzui [Japanese text]. (This is perhaps Murota Kōzui, younger brother of Murota Kwanzui I, said to have been a pupil of the founder.)
Glossary of terms
sentoku
tsuba
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