Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Sword guard with immortal and snakes

JAPANESE
Sword guard with immortal and snakes
(Hebi to sennin zu tsuba 蛇と仙人図鍔)
 Edo period (1600-1615)-1868

Medium
iron, gilt

Measurements
0.5 × 6.9 × 7.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1916

Gallery location
Not on display

Download

Artwork Details

Accession Number
1850-D3

Department
Asian Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

Physical description
Man with stick and 2 snakes by bamboo and rocks, under pine, gold, silver inlay.

Discover more

Learning Resource
Kimono | Japanese Language Learning Resource
Video
American Japanese Design
Exhibition
Golden shells and the gentle mastery of Japanese lacquer
Video
The world of wabi-sabi | Japanese ceramics and kimono
Video
Exhibition Tour – Japanese Modernism
Listen
Asian Art | Ambience in a Timeless Japanese Landscape
Learning Resource
Japanese vocabulary skills with Noh Theatre costumes and characters
Learning Resource
Poster design for change: Inspired by twentieth century Japanese graphic design
Exhibition
Japanese Modernism
Essay
Japanese modernism: between earthquake and war
Essay
Conservator Insight: Japanese Modernism display systems
Learning Resource
Make your mark: Design your own Japanese inspired emblem
Essay
Japanese Design: Neolithic to Now
Essay
‘Unfolding’ Japanese screens
Exhibition
Japanese Design
Essay
Japanese Large plate with cherry blossom, wisteria and Oiran with nightingale
Learning Resource
Bushido: Way of the Samurai | Language Resource for Japanese Students
Essay
Japanese woodblock prints: a mass medium
Essay
The singularity of occasion Sōami and sixteenth-century Japanese display protocols
Essay
Japanese Horse stable

Explore the collection

Donkeys MA Nanpo Durga glass painting INDIAN Humanity is the earth Sakamoto Hiroki Against the nuclear arms Hirokatsu Hijikata Migration in the Time of COVID Kalyan JOSHI Save me, please. I'm here Kazumasa Nagai Whisk CENTRAL ASIAN Hollowed-out columns woven with clay bars GENG Xue Geng Brush rest CHINESE Traffic in the city Teju JOGI Sake cup KANEKO Toru Lullaby of Birdland Yoshio Kato Large jar, dai tsubo Matsui Tomoyuki The real war Masuteru Aoba Poster Hirokatsu Hijikata Winter night Keisai EISEN Tree plantation pata Jaba CHITRAKAR Incense container Takahiro KONDO Derriere La Scene Shoichi HASEGAWA Uzbek child’s ikat tabard AFGHAN Woman’s hat CENTRAL ASIAN Jogni mata-ni-pachedi (temple hanging) Sanjay M. Chitara Help Hirokatsu Hijikata Fragments GENG Xue Geng Three Wheels Hodaka YOSHIDA Lidded jar KOREAN Hand lamp KOREAN Water dropper CHINESE I'm here JAPANESE Whip CENTRAL ASIAN