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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unrecorded artist

18th century

Attribution
Unrecorded artist
Medium
Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Physical dimensions
H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 g)
Credit line
Bequest of Edward G. Kennedy, 1932
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