Mokkō-shaped tsuba with chrysanthemums and inome, or heart-shapes
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Title
Mokkō-shaped tsuba with chrysanthemums and inome, or heart-shapes
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Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
16th century (1501 - 1600) -
Material and technique
bronze, with cut and filed openwork decoration, polished surface (migaki-ji), and with stamped and gilt decoration
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Object type
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Dimensions
6.9 x 6 x 0.6 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.10183
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Catalogue text
Faint mokkō; thin, with thick border; highly polished; symmetrically punched on each face with eight small circular chrysanthemums, gilt; between these the ground is alternately pierced with quatrefoils and compressed inome (heart-shapes), the latter impinged upon by the four sharp inward cusps of the border.
16th century (the ryōhitsu cut later).
Resembles a guard in the Oeder Collection (no.134, "15th century") and one in the Moslé Collection (no.74, "15th century").
Glossary of terms
tsuba
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