Round tsuba with flowers and a conch shell

Details

• Title

  Round tsuba with flowers and a conch shell

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1st half of the 18th century

• Material and technique

  nigurome, with cut and filed openwork decoration, the surface polished (migaki-ji), with punched ishime, and the whole inlaid with silver nail-heads in high relief (taka-zōgan); shakudō rim; eatang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › nigurome;

  processed material › metal › silver;

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

  processed material › metal › copper

• Technique index

  forged;

  decorated › openwork;

  polished;

  cut;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged;

  marked › punched

  more

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.8 x 7.8 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.10182

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