Tsuba
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Basic information
- ID
- Рз-2899
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Tsuba
- Date of creation
- late 19th – early 20th c.
- Country
- Japan
- Technique
- casting silver and bronze incrustation (zōgan) nanako pattern
- Material
- metal alloy
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 7 x 6.3 x 0.6
Additionally
- Type
- decorative and applied arts weapon
- Provenance
- A gift from O. Feldman
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Object description
A quatrefoil tsuba (mokko-gata) with a wedge-shaped hole (nakago-ana) in the centre and an oval hole (hitsu-ana) for kozuka to the left of it. The surface of the tsuba is covered on both sides with an embossed pattern depicting waves, between which a dragon with a pearl is piercing the metal. The applied edging of the central and side holes is made of yellow metal and contains a finely embossed pattern of convex cones arranged in rows (Nanaka). The dragon and the edges of the tsuba are gilded.
