Native Name | Tsuba |
Object Number | 91-26-50 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Iron |
Description | Iron tsuba shaped like stylized quatrefoil chrysanthemum; "kozuka" and trefoil-shaped "kogai" holes. Center hole hammered for better fit; surrounded by flat oval edged with small petals. Body ribbed like flower petals. Two 3-leaf groups with trailing ivy in gilt paint on front, one trail onto reverse; one group on reverse. |
Credit Line | Gift of Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1991 |
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