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Sword guard with rice bales, rat and hammer design (Komedawara nezumi kozuchi zu tsuba 米俵鼠小槌図鍔) Edo period (1600-1615)-1868
iron, silver/copper, gilt
0.8 × 7.1 cm diameter
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
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Sword guard with rice bales, rat and hammer design
(Komedawara nezumi kozuchi zu tsuba 米俵鼠小槌図鍔)
Edo period (1600-1615)-1868
Medium
iron, silver/copper, gilt
Measurements
0.8 × 7.1 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Echizen, Fukui, Japan
Inscription
cast c.:
Accession Number
2253-D3
Department
Asian Art
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Physical description
Five bales of grain with gold mouse. Tomohisa (Yamichi), Hagi, Chosho.