Tsuba with chequer pattern

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with chequer pattern

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  15th - 16th century (1401 - 1600)

• Material and technique

  iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, with traces of hira-zōgan (flat inlay) in brass wire

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass

• Technique index

  forged;

  decorated › openwork;

  cut;

  covered › inlaid

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)

• 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.10137

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