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Tsuba with design of snake

Seki Yoshinori (Japanese, 1799–1870)
School: Nara School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: brass; other metals: gold and shakudo; copper sekigane; decorative technique: nikubori, zôgan
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5492
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Seki Yoshinori, with a kaô
関義則(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.