Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: first half 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  石黒政明 Ishiguro Masaaki 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 19th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Iron, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4.1 oz. (116.2 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers