Swordguard with Design of a Scholar under a blossoming plum tree
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: metal; iron; silver; gold
DimensionsOverall: 6.9 x 6.1 cm, 0.5 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineFred & Isabel Pollard Collection
Object number1962.094.001
DescriptionQuatrefoil with oval hole for Kozuka: decorations raised with gold highlights, main design - standing monk, plum blossoms. Other side - one branch with one blossom. Surface is pitted. On either side of the tang hole top & bottom on the main side is a semi-oval indentation. Rounded edge.Status
Not on viewSoten Soheishi
c.1600
Ryu Unsai
1903