Sword guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) With the Motif of Paulownia Leaves, Tendrils, and Butterfly (蝶に桐唐草図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Copper alloy (sentoku), gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.7 oz. (76.5 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Butterflies|Plants