Sword Guard (Tsuba)
| Title | Sword Guard (Tsuba) |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 1650 17th century |
| Medium | Iron, gold, silver, copper |
| Classification | Sword Furniture-Tsuba |
| Origin | Japanese Japanese |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Sword Guard (Tsuba)” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated ca. 1650. It is executed in iron, gold, silver, copper and classified as sword furniture-tsuba. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to ca. 1650. Explore the wider set of works from the 17th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Japanese. Browse more public-domain art from Japanese.
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