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Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō), mid-18th century
- Artist
- Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō) (Japanese, 1722–1784, thirteenth-generation Gotō master)
- Date
- mid-18th century
- Culture or place
- Japanese
- Medium
- Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold
- Size
- L. of grip ornament (a) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
- Type
- Sword Furniture-Menuki
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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