Tsuba with Chinese fan and Cissus leaves
Details
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Title
Tsuba with Chinese fan and Cissus leaves
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Artist/maker
Shōami School (active 1601 - 1909) (armourer) -
Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
18th century (1701 - 1800) -
Material and technique
iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration and engraved decoration; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
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Object type
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Dimensions
7.2 x 7.2 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.10277
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Catalogue text
Pierced in negative silhouette with a Chinese fan; the field covered with the irregular concentric rows of small tsuta (Cissus) badges; an engraved line borders the guard, the fan, the seppadai, and the kozuka-hole.
Glossary of terms
tsuba
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