Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Elephant in Pine
c. 1800
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Elephant in Pine, c. 1800. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Iron; overall: 9 x 9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.432 This sword guard may have been made by the Soten school.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- iron
- Medium
- iron
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 x 9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1919.432
- 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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