Mokkō-shaped tsuba with blossoming plum tree

Details

• Title

  Mokkō-shaped tsuba with blossoming plum tree

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1800

• Material and technique

  sentoku, with hammered-up edge, punched ishime surface, and inlaid with shakudō and silver; ryōhitsu plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō, and gilded

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  forged;

  hammered;

  marked › punched;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged;

  covered › metallized › gilded

  more

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  9.2 x 8.8 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.11116

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