Tsuba with design of leaves

Kaneie (Japanese)
School: Kaneie School (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo; copper sekigane; decorative technique: hammering, sukashi-bori and zogan

Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 8.1 x 0.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.1066

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed [Yamashiro no kuni Fushimi no ju Kaneie] [Kaneie of Fushimi in Yamashiro Province]
山城國伏見住金家

ProvenanceLent by D. W. Ross, Feb. 16, 1911