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Tsuba with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves

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    Associated place
    Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    18th century (1701 - 1800)
    Material and technique
    iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration
    Dimensions
    7 x 6.9 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    iron
    Technique index
    forged,
    openwork,
    cut
    Object type index
    tsuba
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
    Accession no.
    EAX.10543

  • Further reading

    Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 543

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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