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Tsuba: MAR.ARM.O.157-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Shakudo tsuba. Wavy round, ishime. A small gold grasshopper-like-insect, resting on the (gold) stalk of a lily, with shakudo leaves, shibuichi blossoms, and other low grasses, gold ukibon. On the other side lilies and kikyo (one of the nana-kusa) blossoms, copper. Signature: Bunka sau hinoe tora kika kichinichi kore wo Kizamu Motohiro followed by Kakihan

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.9 cm
Width: 6.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Materials used in production

Shibuichi
Shakudo
Copper
Gold

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.157-1912
Primary reference Number: 169107
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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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