Date:early 18th century
Culture:Japanese, Higo
Medium:Iron, copper, copper alloy (sentoku)
Dimensions:H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 6.6 oz. (187.1 g)
Classification:Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1924
Accession Number:24.129.5
Provenance
Louis Gonse, Paris (until d. 1921; his estate sale, Collection Louis Gonse: oeuvres d’art du Japon, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 5–11, 1924, no. 242, sold to MMA).

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