Unknown
(Production)
Roundish iron tsuba. Slightly raised rim. Nami ni chidori wave tips, gold zogan, the birds, shakudo, copper, shibuichi and gold and silver alloy. Similar design on the other side. No inscription.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Height: 7.7 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
gold and silver alloy Silver alloy Shibuichi Shakudo Iron Copper Gold
Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.167-1912
Primary reference Number: 169117
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Tsuba"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169117 Accessed: 2022-08-12 05:00:34
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