Round tsuba with scrolling cusps
Details
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Title
Round tsuba with scrolling cusps
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Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
18th century (1701 - 1800) -
Material and technique
iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.1 x 8.1 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.10755
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Catalogue text
Narrow rounded border united to the seppadai by three equidistant forked bars, one being in base; in each of the three more or less oval compartments thus formed a twin-scrolled cusp projects inwards from the border; all edges are gently rounded.
The design recalls the triple aoi badge of the Tokugawa Shōgun.
Glossary of terms
tsuba
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