Tsuba with plants and animals

Title

Tsuba with plants and animals
Associated place

Japan (place of creation)
Date

17th century (1601 - 1700)
Material and technique

iron, inlaid with brass and brass nail-heads in high relief (taka-zōgan); border, inlaid with brass wire; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
Material index

iron;

brass;

copper
Technique index

forged;

inlaid;

plugged
Object type

tsuba
Dimensions

8.2 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.10129

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Catalogue text

Thin, with raised double-convex border; the ryōhitsu enlarged into two cloud forms of the same shape, one pointing up, the other down; the remaining field with brass incrustation (on the front clematis flowers, leaves and tendrils, with a butterfly above a dragonfly below; on the back, clumps of bamboo-grass with a tiger below, the brass for the latter wanting; "nail-heads" (on both faces); the border smooth and delicately inlaid with brass wire (largely missing) in different diapers of crossed lines.

tsuba

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