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Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Gotō Tsūjō, late 17th–early 18th century
- Artist
- Gotō Tsūjō (Japanese, Mitsunobu, 1664–1721, eleventh-generation Gotō master)
- Date
- late 17th–early 18th century
- Culture or place
- Japanese
- Medium
- Copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
- Size
- L. of grip ornament (a) 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
- Type
- Sword Furniture-Menuki
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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