
Sword Hilt Ornament
Native Name | Menuki |
Object Number: | 21679 |
Current Location: | Collections storage |
Culture: | Japanese |
Provenience: | Japan |
Section: | Asian |
Materials: | Copper Gold |
Credit Line: | Gift of Sarah Frishmuth, 1899 |
Description
One of a pair of menuki showing Japanese 3-clawed dragon. In reddish copper with projecting flames in gold.
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] 1981. Echoes of the Samurai: An Exhibition of Japanese Arms and Armor. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 21 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
[Article] 1900. "Collections and Publications". Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art. Vol. II (No. 3): 172-180. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 177 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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