Tsuba
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Basic information
- ID
- Рз-2909
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Tsuba
- Date of creation
- late 19th c.
- Country
- Japan
- Technique
- casting openwork carving (sukashibori) gilding
- Material
- metal alloy
- Dimensions (height x depth, cm)
- 8.9 x 0.4
Additionally
- Type
- decorative and applied arts weapon
- Provenance
- A gift from O. Feldman
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Object description
A round-shaped tsuba (maru-gata) with a wedge-shaped hole (nakago-ana) in the centre and a hole (hitsu-ana) for kozuka on the. The tsuba is decorated with a slit through vine leaf motif with gold-coloured fluted veins. The edge of the tsuba is rounded. From the back, the image of grape leaves is identical, only mirrored in relation to the central hole.
