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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.110-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Oval shakudo tsuba. Three horses (harukoma) one gold, one copper, one silver, under a cherry tree in blossom, gilt flowers. On the other side two more horses one dotted with gold zogan other, shibuichi. All ukibon. Signature: Masatatsu

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Length: 7.2 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Components of the work

Flowers composed of gilt

Materials used in production

Shibuichi
Shakudo
Copper
Gold
Silver

Techniques used in production

Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.110-1912
Primary reference Number: 169060
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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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