Round tsuba with aoi, or wild ginger

Title

Round tsuba with aoi, or wild ginger
Associated place

Japan (place of creation)
Date

1st half of the 18th century
Material and technique

iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and engraved decoration
Material index

iron
Technique index

forged;

openwork;

cut;

engraving
Object type

tsuba
Dimensions

8 x 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.10608

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Catalogue text

Four bars crosswise join the border to the seppadai and ryōhitsu, leaving four large rounded openings, each filled by a symmetrical spray of three aoi leaves springing from the seppadai; fret-piercing with engraving finish to the leaves.

The iron is cracked in one or two places and is not of good quality therefore; the cutting also is not very fine.

tsuba

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