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Tsuba with Precious Objects and clouds
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- iron, with openwork decoration
- Dimensions
- 8 x 7.7 cm (height x width)
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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.10812
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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. 812
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)
Rounded oblong; on each face the same design of Precious Objects (pairs of shells with ribands, cloves and scrolls) symmetrically disposed in bold relief against the thin web of the guard, which is closely perforated with small holes; the pearled border boldly raised; quadrilateral seppadai modelled with two long cloud-forms on the front.
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