Tsuba with flying birds

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with flying birds

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1800

• Material and technique

  sentoku, with punched ishime surface, and katakiri engraving (oblique chisel-cuts)

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku

• Technique index

  forged;

  marked › punched;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.4 x 6.9 x 0.5 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.10950

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