Sword guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) With Chinese Bellflowers Motif (桔梗図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron. gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5 oz. (141.7 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Flowers