Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki), Japanese, late 17th–early 18th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 17th–early 18th century
Sword-grip ornaments (Menuki) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 45.24.46a–c), catalogued by the museum's Arms and Armor department. The museum dates it late 17th–early 18th century and records its origin as Japanese; Japan.
It is attributed to Gotō Tsūjō (Japanese, Mitsunobu, 1664–1721, eleventh-generation Gotō master). The museum records the medium as Copper-gold alloy (shakudō) and the dimensions as L. of grip ornament (a) 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Dragons. 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
- Dimensions
- L. of grip ornament (a) 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Sword Furniture-Menuki
- Maker recorded
- Gotō Tsūjō
- Place recorded
- Japan
- Culture recorded
- Japanese
Identification
- Met object id
- 24731
- Museum object name
- Sword-grip ornaments (Menuki)
- Museum object number
- 45.24.46a–c
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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