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Tsuba with heraldic chrysanthemums and leaves
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- shakudō, with punched nanako decoration, and with gold; ryōhitsu plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 8.1 x 7.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,
- Technique index
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processed material › metal › gold,
- 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.10887
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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. 887
Glossary (2)
shakudō, tsuba
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shakudō
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour
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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)
Fine nanako ground largely covered by delicate scrolls with tiny chrysanthemum badges and leaves, all in slightly raised gold; raised gold; raised border and rh. edgings with nanako of larger grain.
A piece of first-class workmanship suitable for Court wear. the MS. Catalogue has a note that this guard was bought as far back as the year 1873, before the time, that is, when Japanese sword-mounts began to flood the Western market.
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