Tsuba with shikunshi, or Four Noble Plants
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Title
Tsuba with shikunshi, or Four Noble Plants
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Associated place
Japan (place of creation) -
Date
18th century (1701 - 1800) -
Material and technique
iron border, the holes filled with copper, and with katakiri engraving (oblique chisel-cuts); tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
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Object type
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Dimensions
9.5 x 9.5 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.10999
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Catalogue text
Lozenge-shaped with the angles truncated and the sides gently lobed. The original iron guard was no more than a stout border united to the sd. at the sides only by two [Figure] shapes (too small for rh.); signed Bushū no jū Kunihiro [Japanese text] saku (18th century). The large openings thus formed have been (later) filled with copper boldly engraved in katakiri style with the shikunshi or Four Noble Plants, i.e. Plum-blossom, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum and Orchid.
Hawkshaw Collection, no. 1186.
Glossary of terms
tsuba
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