Hunting Sword and Scabbard

Date

hilt, ca. 1700; blade, ca. 1700–1725

Type

Hunting sword and scabbard

Medium

Steel, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, wood, ray skin

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

hilt, Japanese, made for the European market

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

26.145.260a, b

Credit

Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926