Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Eagle Preying on Monkey (猿捕食猛禽図鐔)

Creator Name

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

19th century

Source

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Sword guard (Tsuba)

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Title

Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Eagle Preying on Monkey (猿捕食猛禽図鐔)

Creator

Worktype

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Cultural Context

Japanese

Material

Possibly copper-silver alloy shibuichi), gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g)

Technique

Language

Date

19th century

Provenance

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

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Japan

Source

Subjects

Birds; Human Figures

Topic

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