Sword Guard (Tsuba)
| Title | Sword Guard (Tsuba) |
|---|---|
| Date | dated 1762 18th century |
| Medium | Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), 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. |
About this artwork
“Sword Guard (Tsuba)” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated dated 1762. It is executed in copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), 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 dated 1762. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Japanese. Browse more public-domain art from Japanese.
The collection
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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