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Tsuba in the form of a flower and with chrysanthemums
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1900
- Material and technique
- copper, inlaid with gold, shakudō, and silver; kōgai-hole plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,
- 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.10959
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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. 959
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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Publications online
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Ten-lobed, representing by means of soft grooves running up to the tang-hole a ten-petalled flower; each face boldly encrusted with three chrystanthemum flowers (whole or part) in gold, shakudō and silver.
Hawkshaw Collection, no. 216 (classed as Umetada work in this catalogue).
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