Shakudo tsuba. Mokko shape, on each face a deeply incited square ishime; rest of surface ishume undulating and marked with conventional clouds. On one side dragonfly and spider ukibori other side bee, copper; spider webs both sides gold; other insects touched with gold.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Length: 8.2 cm
Width: 7.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.32-1912
Primary reference Number: 168982
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
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Applied Arts
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