Round tsuba with design of peony flowers, rocks and butterflies

Details

• Title

  Round tsuba with design of peony flowers, rocks and butterflies

• Artist/maker

  Nara School (active 1600 - 1900) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  iron, inlaid with copper and gold nunome-zōgan decoration, hitsu ana holes plugged with iron or lead, with gilded punched decoration

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged;

  marked › punched;

  forged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7 x 6.7 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by J. D. Reynolds and Mrs T. O' Brien, 1962.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1962.168

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