Hand guard
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Gold
Measurements
72 mm (Diameter)4 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328828
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Hikone style in gold and copper relief. Showing Jo and Uba collecting pine needles under a tree with a turtle to the left. Reverse shows branch and a temple.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.