Rounded square tsuba with Shoki and autumn thistles

Details

• Title

  Rounded square tsuba with Shoki and autumn thistles

• Artist/maker

  Tsuki Mitsuoki (1766 - 1834) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1800 - 1834

• Material and technique

  brass, engraved, and inlaid with gold, copper, shibuichi, and shakudō

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo

• Technique index

  forged;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  covered › inlaid

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.2 x 6.6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.2152

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