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Tsuba depicting the Chinese sage Lin Ho-ch'ing pouring wine
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- shibuichi, with punched nanako decoration, and iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 5.8 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi,
- 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.10979
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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. 979
Glossary (2)
shibuichi, tsuba
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shibuichi
alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green 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)
In fine modelling and iroye incrustation is a Chinese sage, Lin Ho-chi'ing (Japanese, Rinnasei, an 11th-century poet), pouring out wine, through a cloth bag as sieve, into a jar resting on the ground, a boy helping him; at the back, a willow-tree, chrysanthemums and a streamlet; ground (including edge) of perfect nanako. Signed: Hamano Kuzui saku (same artist as 978 [EAX.10978].)
A piece of first-class workmanship.
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