Sword guard (Tsuba) Depicting a Tartar (韃靼人図鐔)

Japanese

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This tsuba shows a figure with a hound, playing a trumpet. The garments and instrument identify the person as a Tartar (Japanese: dattan) and Tartars, particularly whilst hunting, were a popular theme in Japanese art in the late 16th and early 17th century. The reverse shows a pine and broad-leaf bamboo (sasa).

Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting a Tartar (韃靼人図鐔), Iron, gold, copper, silver, Japanese

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Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting a Tartar (韃靼人図鐔), Iron, gold, copper, silver, Japanese
Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting a Tartar (韃靼人図鐔), Iron, gold, copper, silver, Japanese

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