Round tsuba with fret patterns

Title

Round tsuba with fret patterns
Associated place

Japan (place of creation)
Date

c. 1800
Material and technique

iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and inlaid with silver wire
Material index

iron;

silver
Technique index

forged;

openwork;

cut;

inlaid
Object type

tsuba
Dimensions

8.6 x 8.6 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.10897

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Catalogue text

Thin; composed of a wide ring (0.4") united to the top and bottom of the seppadai by a bar of slightly less width; the ring is bordered on each face by a row of angular S's [see Fig. 17] in silver wire inlay; the edge is similarly treated with [see Fig. 18] pattern.

tsuba

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