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Tsuba with design of ho-o bird, paulownia and Chinese bellflowers

Sunagawa Masatsuna (Japanese)
School: Sunagawa School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
early to mid-19th century
Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane, shakudo shims; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, takabori and gilding
Dimensions Overall: 7.7 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Henry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession Number19.283
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné 36
Signed Sunagawa Masatsuna, with a kao; Sunagawa kore, with seal Masayoshi (?)
砂川正綱（花押）　砂川之　印
ProvenanceLent by Henry Adams, April 2, 1909.