Round tsuba with flowers and water-weeds

Details

• Title

  Round tsuba with flowers and water-weeds

• Artist/maker

  Masamori (active c. 1700) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 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; ryōhitsu with brass rims

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass

• Technique index

  forged;

  decorated › openwork;

  cut;

  covered › inlaid;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8 x 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.10168

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