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Tsuba

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Basic information
ID
Рз-2901
Author
unknown
Name
Tsuba
Date of creation
late 19th – early 20th c.
Country
Japan Ukraine
Culture
Edo period
Technique
casting silver and gold incrustation (zōgan)
Material
metal alloy
Dimensions
6.5 x 5.8 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
Information about author
Author
unknown
Object description
A quatrefoil tsuba (mokko-gata) with a wedge-shaped hole (nakago-ana) in the centre and an oval hole (hitsu-ana) for kozuka to the left of it. The corners of the centre hole contain small copper rivets. On either side of the cone-shaped hole on the front side is a low relief decoration in the form of four sakura blossoms. The flat surface of the tsuba contains a relief pattern that on the front side shows small flowers and grass by a stone with a butterfly flying over it, on the reverse - stones and waves in the water. All images on the tsuba contain gilding, copper and silver inlays.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
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