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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.152-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Roundish square iron tsuba within a raised edge tsuhime. A shakudo heron, with gilt legs and beak, lying over a river in which are marsh mallows, partly gilt partly zogan. Design continued on the other side.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 8.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Materials used in production

Shakudo
Iron
Gilt

Techniques used in production

Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.152-1912
Primary reference Number: 169102
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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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