IDENTIFIERS
-----------
id:	168995
accession number:	MAR.ARM.O.45-1912

DATE AUDIT
----------
created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
----------------
object type: Mainly iron with shakudo within a raised round border, nunome. A large ship bearing the shichi-fuku-jiu from which a rope has been thrown to save some one in the water from a huge pursuing dragon; in the background on shore some musicians are seen playing flutes and a drum decorated with a mitzu-tomo-ye. All the figures heavily gilt hira-zogan. The scene is continued on the back. Signature: goshu hikone ju soheishi nyodo soten sei. Made by: soheishi nyudo soten of gushu hikone.
title:	tsuba

LICENSING
---------
text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
---------
instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

STABLE URL
----------
url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168995





TECHNIQUES
----------
gilding

CATEGORIES
------
category: sword fitting



DIMENSIONS
----------
dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8