Round tsuba with hammered surface

Details

• Title

  Round tsuba with hammered surface

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  iron, with hammered surface and ito-sukashi decoration (‘thread-piercing’ openwork)

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron

• Technique index

  forged;

  hammered;

  decorated › openwork

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.6 x 7.7 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by D. Newman, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.315

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