Sword Guard (Cleveland Museum of Art 1919.348)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early 1800s
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1919.348: Sword Guard, early 1800s. Somin (Japanese). Bronze; overall: 7 x 7.7 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.). Inscribed: Signature: Somin. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7 x 7.7 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Overall: 7 x 7.7 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- bronze
Design
- Inscription
- Signature: Somin
Identification
- Date recorded
- early 1800s
- Culture period
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Maker recorded
- Somin (Japanese)
- Museum attribution
- Somin (Japanese)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1919.348
- Published references
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 6 (1919): 113-14. Mentioned: p. 114 · J. A. M. "Sword Guards in the Museum the D. Z. Norton Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 4 (1920): 45-51. Reproduced: p. 48; Mentioned: p. 51
- Museum classification
- Arms and Armor
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm school, maker signature and date against tsuba references.