Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Puppy Playing with Shell on Cord
c. 1615–1868
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Puppy Playing with Shell on Cord, c. 1615–1868. Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868). Iron; diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.248
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- iron
- Medium
- iron
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1919.248
- Credit Line
- Gift of D. Z. Norton
- Exhibitions
- In the Nature of Materials, Japanese Decorative Arts, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977: In the Nature of Materials - Japanese Decorative Arts.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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