Mokkō-shaped tsuba with five Sparrow Dancers

Details

• Title

  Mokkō-shaped tsuba with five Sparrow Dancers

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1st half of the 19th century

• Material and technique

  iron, with engraved decoration, gold and silver nunome-zōgan decoration, and inlaid with shibuichi; shibuichi kozuka-hole plug, partly gilded

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi

• Technique index

  forged;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged;

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8.5 x 8 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.11249

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