IDENTIFIERS
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id:	169106
accession number:	MAR.ARM.O.156-1912

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Round shibuichi tsuba. A shakudo nanten, leaves, gold and shakudo, copper fruit clusters, of a rich muddy brown tint. A shakudo pigeon with a silver head, and copper beak, flying up to the fruit, ukibon. One of the apertures closed by a gold plaque, ishime of small chrysanthemums in regular order. On the other side some rocks and sas gilt. Signature: Sakai Yoshitsugu.
title:	tsuba

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

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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169106





TECHNIQUES
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gilding

CATEGORIES
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category: sword fitting



DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 6.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 6.6