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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.164-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Round thin iron tsuba. Emma o head, shibuichi (dark), helmet, shakudo and gold zogan, the rest of the figure, high relief iron. Waist belt and other decorations, gold zogan, other parts of robes, kebori. The open mouth very deeply undercut. On the other side an oni katakiri and gold zogan, holding a fuki nagashi streamers, shibuichi and extending to the other side. Signature: Hisamasa and Kakihan

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Width: 8.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Materials used in production

Shibuichi
Shakudo
Iron
Gold

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.164-1912
Primary reference Number: 169114
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 November 2023 Last processed: Thursday 30 November 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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