Iron tsuba. Round with raised edge. A hen, shibuichi, with gilt beak and legs standing among reeds, with blossoms, copper zogan, gilt on the back old posts touched with gold rising up out of the water. Signature Hosho.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Length: 8 cm
Width: 7.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.39-1912
Primary reference Number: 168989
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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