Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Thousand Monkeys (千疋猿図鐔)

18th–19th century

Date

18th–19th century

Culture or place

Japanese

Medium

Iron, gold

Size

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4 oz. (113.4 g)

Type

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed