Mokkō-shaped tsuba with autumn flowers
Details
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Title
Mokkō-shaped tsuba with autumn flowers
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Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
18th century (1701 - 1800) -
Material and technique
nigurome, with punched nanako decoration, and gold; soft metal tang-hole plug
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Object type
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Dimensions
7.8 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.10902
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Catalogue text
Mokkō; on each face a spray of the autumn flowers aster, lespedeza, gentian and eupatorium, in low flat relief on a nanako ground; the flowers and some of the leaves are gilt, as are also the border and the edgings of false rh.; these last are not strictly holes, as what appear to be plugs in them (with coarse nanako surface) are really part of the solid guard.
Glossary of terms
tsuba
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