Mokkō-shaped tsuba with decorative plugs

Details

• Title

  Mokkō-shaped tsuba with decorative plugs

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Settsu province (possible; Kiyosu) (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Aichi prefecture › Owari province (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  possibly 16th century (1501 - 1600)

• Material and technique

  iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and the surface possibly polished (migaki-ji); copper ryōhitsu plugs, with gold rims; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  forged;

  decorated › openwork;

  cut;

  filled › plugged;

  polished

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  9 x 8.5 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.10060

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