Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Swallowtail Butterflies (揚羽蝶図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: ca. 1800–1870
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-silver alloy shibuichi), bronze, gold
Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.4 oz. (96.4 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Butterflies