Sword guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: 石黒政明 Ishiguro Masaaki
Artist bio: Japanese, active 19th century
Artist role: Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: first half 19th century
Medium: Iron, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4.1 oz. (116.2 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919
Accession year: 1919
Tags: Flowers