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Lobed tsuba with chrysanthemum mon and scrolls
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- copper, with cloisonné enamel; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 7.9 x 7.9 cm (height x width)
- Material index
- 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.11157
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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. 1157
Glossary (2)
cloisonné, tsuba
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cloisonné
Decorative technique in which wires are attached to a metal body and coloured enamels are applied between the wires.
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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)
Twelve-lobed; inlaid on each face is a wide circular band of cloisonné enamel (chrysanthemum badges and scrolls on a dark green ground).
Apparently catalogued by Sir Arthur Church under two numbers.
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