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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with Precious Objects and peony stems

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tsuba

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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  • The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

    The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

    Mokkō; thick; each face showing a raised concave border of ishime surface enclosing a field of deeply cut relief (on the front, wavy stems of peony; on the back, various Precious Objects); on the edge of each lobe is a panel of cloud-forms in similar styles. Hirado work. A similar guard was given to the V. and A. M. by Sir Arthur Church.

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