Sword (Peidao) with Scabbard

Date:: mounting, ca. 1750–1800

Culture:: blade, Japanese; mounting, Chinese

Medium:: Steel, wood, iron, mother-or-pearl, gold, coral, malachite, lapis lazuli, silk, lacquer

Dimensions:: H. with scabbard 37 in. (94 cm); H. without scabbard 35 1/4 in. (89.5 cm); H. of blade 28 3/4 in. (73 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 8.8 oz. (703.1 g); Wt. of scabbard 8.4 oz. (238.1 g)

Classification:: Swords

Credit Line:: The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932

Accession Number:: 32.75.301a, b

Not on view

Tom, Philip M. W. "Some Notable Sabers of the Qing Dynasty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Metropolitan Museum Journal 36 (2001). pp. 11, 214–17, figs. 15–17, pl. 3.

Timelines
Japan, 1600–1800 A.D.
Japan, 1800–1900 A.D.

Department

Arms and Armor (13,528)

Object Type / Material

Arms (9,377)

Cases (1,868)

Coral (396)

Edged weapons (6,995)

Gold (17,232)

Iron (5,504)

Iron alloy (7,582)

Iron and iron alloy (12,309)

Geographic Location

Ceremonial Armor

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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)

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Saber with Scabbard

Date: grip, 18th or 19th century; guard and scabbard, 19th century; blade, dated A.H. 1099/A.D. 1688; decoration on blade, 19th century Medium: Steel, gold, copper alloy (brass), jade (nephrite), diamond, emerald, pearl Accession: 23.232.2a, b On view in:Gallery 379

Dagger with Scabbard

Date: 1605–27 Medium: Steel, iron, gold, rubies, emeralds, glass, wood, textile Accession: 1984.332 On view in:Gallery 380

Smallsword with Scabbard

Artist: Master GG (French, active Paris, ca. 1774) Date: hallmarked 1773–74 Medium: Gold, steel, wood, fish skin Accession: 1998.35a, b On view in:Gallery 376