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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.154-1912

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

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Round shakudo tsuba, heavily gilded on the edge. Sea bream aji and other fish, two in enamel, the third shakudo, in beautifully cut waves of the sea, gold zogan. On the other side more fishes, some gilt in a similar sea. Tempo Ju. Isuchinoto I kugatsu li Hitachi Karama ju Temposai Yukiyoshi kore wo Tsukura

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 8 cm
Width: 7.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Materials used in production

Shakudo
Gilt
Enamel
Gold

Techniques used in production

Enamelling
Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.154-1912
Primary reference Number: 169104
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 17 February 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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