Tsuba with warabi, or bracken fronds

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with warabi, or bracken fronds

• Artist/maker

  Shōami School (active 1601 - 1909) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  18th century (1701 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and with gilt nunome-zōgan decoration; shakudō kozuka-plug, with nekogaki engraving; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo;

  processed material › metal › copper

• Technique index

  forged;

  decorated › openwork;

  cut;

  covered › inlaid;

  covered › metallized › gilded;

  filled › plugged;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving

  more

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.9 x 7.8 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.10288

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