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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.25-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Large iron tsuba, with raised rim on one side design of flower unknown, ukebon. There is an unusual small round hole in the tsuba probably for the tsuba iome. The back is quite plain. There are no apertures for Kozuka or Lashi.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Length: 8.8 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Materials used in production

Iron

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.25-1912
Primary reference Number: 168975
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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