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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.

The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

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Tsuba with cranes standing beneath a pine tree

  • Literature notes

    Double-concave; finely modelled in low relief; on the front are nine cranes (gold eyes) standing in various attitudes beneath an outlying branch of pine; the better part of the tree and three more of the birds are seen at the back. Signed: Masabumi [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded.)

    Seymour Trower Collection, part of lot 1463, pl. N.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    19th century (1801 - 1900)
    Material and technique
    iron, with gold; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
    Dimensions
    7.5 x 7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
    Accession no.
    EAX.11034
  • Further reading

    Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 1034

Glossary

tsuba

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

    The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

    Double-concave; finely modelled in low relief; on the front are nine cranes (gold eyes) standing in various attitudes beneath an outlying branch of pine; the better part of the tree and three more of the birds are seen at the back. Signed: Masabumi [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded.)

    Seymour Trower Collection, part of lot 1463, pl. N.
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