Sword guard (&lt;/&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Exiled Writer and Statesman Su Shi (蘇東坡図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 1750–1800
Medium: Copper alloy (possibly sentoku), copper
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
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