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Tsuba with design of carp, weeds and water-boatman (amenbo)

Japanese
Edo period
1835

Medium/Technique Main material: silver; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, copper, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: takazogan, kakakiri-bori
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 7.4 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.728
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Catalogue Raisonné 104
Signed Tenpo roku hitsuji chuka Arashiyama Tsuneyuki horu [Carved by Arashiyama Tsuneyuki in the sixth, goat, year of Tenpo [=1835]]
天保六未仲夏嵐山常行鐫