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Tsuba with wild geese and shells

Glossary (3)

cloisonné, shakudō, tsuba

  • cloisonné

    Decorative technique in which wires are attached to a metal body and coloured enamels are applied between the wires.

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour

  • 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)

    Pierced on the right with a cruciform device; encrusted on the front with three flying wild-geese in shakudō, also shells and water in silver, shakudō, gold, and gold-cloisonné enamel; at the back, two geese (silver) and fewer shells; ground of Amida-yasurime (close radial striations), with wavy lines of dots between; shakudō rim.

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