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Tsuba with design of Chinese sage

Baidô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Medium/Technique Main material: copper; other metals: gold and shibuichi; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 7.8 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5431
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Baidô, with a kaô
梅道(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.