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Lobed tsuba with florets
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 17th century (1601 - 1700)
- Material and technique
- bronze, with incised and punched decoration
- Dimensions
- 8.6 x 8.2 x 0.4 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
- Technique index
- 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.10185
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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. 185
Glossary
tsuba
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Bronze of coppery patina. 16-lobed; each face divided by radial incised lines into as many florets; the ground heavily and irregularly punched with a large "broken-headed" tool; on each side of the seppadai a large irregular perforation with engrailed edges, recalling a chrysanthemum leaf, one trimmed to serve as kozuka-hole.
Hawkshaw Collection, no.284 ("ShÅami work").
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