Object type: Sword handle
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Kofun period (ca. 300–710)
Date: 6th century
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); D. 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession year: 1975