Octagonal tsuba with Chinese pendent

Details

• Title

  Octagonal tsuba with Chinese pendent

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  17th century (1601 - 1700)

• Material and technique

  obverse and reverse: iron; shakudō rim; kozuka-hole plugged with lead; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
  obverse: with gold or silver wire nunome-zōgan decoration, gilded decoration, and green champlevé enamel decoration
  reverse: s

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › enamel;

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

  processed material › metal › lead;

  processed material › metal › copper

  more

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › inlaid;

  covered › coated › enamelled;

  covered › metallized › gilded;

  filled › plugged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8.5 x 8.1 cm (height x width)

• 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.11143

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