Tsuba with blossoming plum tree

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with blossoming plum tree

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1800

• Material and technique

  shakudō, with punched nanako decoration, silver and silver gilt, and inlaid with gold; rim and ryōhitsu rims plated with gold foil

• Material index

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

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  forged;

  marked › punched;

  covered › inlaid;

  covered › metallized › gilded;

  plated

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.7 x 7.5 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.11026

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