Tsuba
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Basic information
- ID
- Рз-2906
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Tsuba
- Date of creation
- late 19th c.
- Country
- Japan
- Technique
- casting silver and copper incrustation (zōgan) gold incrustation (zōgan)
- Material
- iron metal alloy
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 6.5 x 6 x 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 a hole next to it (hitsu-ana) for kozuka. The flat surface of the tsuba contains an embossed design that depicts two hares between the reeds and the moon above on the front and a winding path or stream on the back.
