Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Unknown artist
Date: early 17th century
Medium: Iron, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 m); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.5 oz. (99.2 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Culture: Japanese
Themes: Shells
Funds from various donors, 1946
Date range
1601 – 1650
Largest dimension
8.3 cm
Advertisement
Related works in this department
Helmet
Unknown artist
5th century
Helmet (<i>Spangenhelm</i>)
Unknown artist
6th century
Viking Sword
Unknown artist
10th century
Blade for a Dagger (Tantō)
Rai Kunitoshi
ca. 1315–16
Armor (<i>Yoroi</i>) of Ashikaga Takauji (1305–1358)
Unknown artist
early 14th century
Rowel Spur
Unknown artist
ca. 1400
Contemporary works
Suzu
Unknown artist
17th century
Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat
Richard Holden|Daniel Tachaux
ca. 1683 and later; buff coat, 17th–18th century
Der aller durchleuchtigisten und grosmächtigen Kayser ... Königen ... Herren vom Adel ... Bildtnussen und kurtz Beschreibungen ihrer so wol in Fridts- als Kriegszzeiten verrichten fürnembsten Thaten und Handlungen : deren Waffen und Rüstungen ... auss allen Landen der Welt ... in dem Schloss Ombrass ... zu ewiger Gedächtnuss auffbehalten werden ...
Jacob Schrenck von Nozing|Giovanni Battista Fontana|Dominicus Custos|Daniel Baur|Johann Engelbert Noyse von Campenhouten
1603
"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Unknown artist
recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
Dagger with Scabbard
Unknown artist
1605–27
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611)
Israel Schuech|Juan Martinez
dated 1606
A Bouquet of Flowers
Clara Peeters
ca. 1612
Floral Tent Panel
Unknown artist
ca. 1635
Related guides
Landscape: How Cultures Frame Nature
Art History
Reading Japanese Woodblock Prints: Beyond the Icon
Art Techniques
How Museums Describe "Culture": Reading the Field
Reading the Data
More from this culture
Helmet
Unknown artist
5th century
Armor (<i>Yoroi</i>) of Ashikaga Takauji (1305–1358)
Unknown artist
early 14th century
Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>)
Saotome Ietada|Myōchin Munesuke
16th and 18th centuries
Mask
Myōchin Muneakira
dated 1745
Ceremonial Spearhead (<i>Tsukushi Boko</i>)
Unknown artist
probably 1st–2nd century CE
Bells, Probably for a Horse Harness
Unknown artist
ca. 3rd century
Made in this material
Made in this country
Data source · View on metmuseum.org