Rounded square tsuba with a farm house and a crow in a persimmon tree, and rice sheaves by a river and bridge on the reverse

Details

• Title

  Rounded square tsuba with a farm house and a crow in a persimmon tree, and rice sheaves by a river and bridge on the reverse

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  iron, with brass reverse; carved and inlaid with gold and copper; copper sekigane (soft metal lining) added to tang-hole

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

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

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › copper

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8.1 x 7.5 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.2066

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