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Tsuba with design of ginger and bamboo crests

School: Kyô Shôami School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
late 17th–early 18th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, sukashi-bori and nunome zôgan
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 8.5 x 0.4 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.1879
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Catalogue Raisonné 16
Signed Unsigned
無銘
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo