Tsuba
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Basic information
- ID
- Рз-2907
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Tsuba
- Date of creation
- late 19th c.
- Country
- Japan
- Technique
- casting copper incrustation (zōgan)
- Material
- metal alloy
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 7.9 x 7.3 x 0.3
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. At the top of the hole is a copper insert (sekigane). On the right side of the triangular hole is an oval hole (hitsu-ana) for attaching a functional kozuka pin. On the front and back of the tsuba is a circular embossed composition with images of squirrels against a vine background. The tsuba has a meander pattern on its rim (mimi).
