Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting an Arrangement of Masks (面散図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Iron, copper, silver, jade, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Wt. 3.4 oz. (96.4 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Lions|Masks|Foxes