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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.113-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Round iron tsuba within a raised edge. Richly decorated with gold zogan, in several patterns. Two storks, copper, one gilt one silvered, and a pine tree, shakudo, with flowers, gilt. Design continued on the other side. No inscription.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Width: 7.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Materials used in production

Shakudo
Iron
Gilt
Copper
Gold
Silver

Techniques used in production

Gilding
Silvering

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.113-1912
Primary reference Number: 169063
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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