Tsuba with wild geese and shells

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with wild geese and shells

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  18th century (1701 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  copper, with cut and filed openwork decoration, punched decoration, inlaid with gold wire cloisonné enamel, and with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration in shakudō, silver, and gold; shakudō rim; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably cop

• Material index

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo

• Technique index

  forged;

  decorated › openwork;

  cut;

  marked › punched;

  covered › coated › enamelled › cloisonné enamelled;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged

  more

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8 x 7.5 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.11171

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