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Tsuba with design of water-buffalo and pine tree
Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century (?)
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 x 7.7 x 0.4 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5408
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Sekijoken Nyudo Motozane gyonen hachijugo kore o horu Bunsei hachinen kinoto-tori chuto [Carved by the layman Sekijoken Motozane in midwinter of the eighth, kinoto-tori, year of Bunsei [=1825) at the age of eighty-five]
赤城軒入道元孚行年八十五彫之文政八年乙酉仲冬
赤城軒入道元孚行年八十五彫之文政八年乙酉仲冬
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.