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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.180-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Squarish iron tsuba with rounded corners. With a chocolate colored patina. Forms shaped like ogi and uchiwa (fans) and decorated with enamel and gold with birds and blossoms. One ogi shows the figure of Fukuroku ju shakudo gilt. These fan shapes are in relief from a surface which is further decorated with a stream, shibuichi or silver zogan. Similar treatment on the other side. Signature: Hirata Karihina

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.3 cm
Width: 7.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Components of the work

Gilt composed of shakudo

Materials used in production

Iron
Gilt
Enamel
Gold

Techniques used in production

Enamelling
Gilding
Relief

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.180-1912
Primary reference Number: 169130
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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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