Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Plovers and Waves (波千鳥図鐔)

Date

19th century

Type

Sword guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy shibuichi)

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

91.1.815

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891