Lobed tsuba with plants including water-weeds

Details

• Title

  Lobed tsuba with plants including water-weeds

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  17th century (1601 - 1700)

• Material and technique

  iron, with hira-zōgan (flat inlay) in brass, and with mon-sukashi decoration (piercings inlaid with openwork crests); brass crests and inlay engraved; hitsu plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō, and with a brass rim; tang-hole plugged with soft

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass;

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

  processed material › metal › copper

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › inlaid;

  decorated › openwork;

  cut;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  filled › plugged

  more

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.2 x 7.1 x 0.4 cm max. (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.10171

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