Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Seated Sage on Rock with Clouds and Flowering Bushes; (back) Flowering Bushes and Clouds
Artist: Soten School (Japanese)
Date: 17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions:
3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Medium: iron with shakudo and inlaid with gold and silver
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1912.730
DescriptionPerforated metal.
Shakudo is an alloy of copper and gold.
Shakudo is an alloy of copper and gold.
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