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Tsuba with squirrels and a vine
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 17th century (1601 - 1700)
- Material and technique
- iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and taka-zōgan (high relief inlay) in brass and pewter; kōgai-hole plugged with shakudō; tsuba cut down from a larger guard
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7.2 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass,processed material › metal › alloy › pewter,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
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arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
- Accession no.
- EAX.10128
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Further reading
Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 128
Glossary (2)
shakudō, tsuba
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shakudō
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Thin; apparently cut down to a rough oval from a slightly larger guard; pierced with two cloud forms and boldly encrusted in brass and pewter (the latter a very rare feature), on the front with two squirrels and a vine, on the back with clouds, two egrets, and a streamlet with reeds and an aoi plant; kōgai-hole of irregular shape, with shakudō plug.
(Behrens Collection, no.1067, pl.XV.)
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