Sword Guard (Tsuba), ca. 1650
Japanese, Edo period (1615–1868)
Iron, gold, silver, copper; H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.7 oz. (76.5 g)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936 (36.120.119)
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