Sword Guard (Tsuba)
| Title | Sword Guard (Tsuba) |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 1615–1868 16th century |
| Medium | Copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold, copper |
| Classification | Sword Furniture-Tsuba |
| Origin | Japanese Japanese |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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Dated to ca. 1615–1868. Explore the wider set of works from the 16th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Japanese. Browse more public-domain art from Japanese.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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