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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.94-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Sentokudo. Square with rounded corners, raised edge. Shakudo hare, running away from a trap placed beneath a mirror (?) mother of pearl hanging from a willow, ukibon; grass, here and there gold zogan. On the other side, the moon, silver, rising from the sea, kebon. Signature: Shigemitsu.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.4 cm
Width: 7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Materials used in production

Shakudo
Mother-of-pearl
Gold
Silver

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.94-1912
Primary reference Number: 169044
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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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