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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.118-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Nearly round shibuichi tsuba. Jurojin with half gilt, and gumisa, gold zogan, standing in front of a stork: rock and sasa a little way off: all ukibori. On the other side a cane and makimono, gilt, unrolled.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.8 cm
Width: 6.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Materials used in production

Shibuichi
Gilt
Gold

Techniques used in production

Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.118-1912
Primary reference Number: 169068
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

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

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