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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.79-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Oval shakudo tsuba, within a raised border. Profusely decorated with chrysanthemums, blossom gilt, veins of the leaves, gold zogan. Same on both sides. Signature: Choshu Hagi no ju Tomoyoshi saku

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Length: 6.2 cm
Width: 5.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Materials used in production

Shakudo
Gilt
Gold

Techniques used in production

Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.79-1912
Primary reference Number: 169029
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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