IDENTIFIERS
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id:	168989
accession number:	MAR.ARM.O.39-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Iron tsuba. Round with raised edge. A hen, shibuichi, with gilt beak and legs standing among reeds, with blossoms, copper zogan, gilt on the back old posts touched with gold rising up out of the water. Signature Hosho.
title:	tsuba

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168989





TECHNIQUES
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gilding

CATEGORIES
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category: sword fitting



DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.6