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Tsuba depicting Chinese lion dancers
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- possibly late 19th century
- Material and technique
- shibuichi, inlaid with gold; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 7.1 x 6.6 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › silver alloy › shibuichi,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi,processed material › metal › gold,
- 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.11125
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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. 1125
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)
Sunk low relief with tinted gold inlay; on the front, below, three Chinese "lion-dancers", two, with lion-masks, playing drums, the third blowing a horn; at the back, the corner of a veranda with a pine-tree. Signed: Furukawa [Japanese text] Rikei [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded.)
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