Sword-Grip Ornament (Menuki), Japanese, early 18th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early 18th century
Sword-grip ornament (Menuki) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 38.25.84), catalogued by the museum's Arms and Armor department. The museum dates it early 18th century and records its origin as Japanese; Japan.
The museum records the medium as Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver and the dimensions as L. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Wt. 0.2 oz. (5.7 g). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Horses. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver
- Dimensions
- L. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Wt. 0.2 oz. (5.7 g)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Sword Furniture-Menuki
- Place recorded
- Japan
- Culture recorded
- Japanese
Identification
- Met object id
- 29415
- Museum object name
- Sword-grip ornament (Menuki)
- Museum object number
- 38.25.84
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
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