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Sword Guard (Tsuba), Ishiguro Masayoshi  Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, Japanese
Fittings maker Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi
19th century
Sword and scabbard, Blade: iron; scabbard and hilt: gold over wood, garnets, glass-paste; guard: gilt-bronze, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 7th century CE
Fan, Leaf: painted paper; sticks and guards: pierced, carved, and gilt ivory with applied mother-of-pearl; foil, German
German
mid-18th century
Watch and key, Case, key, and guard of gold, pavé set with pearls; jeweled movement, with cylinder escapement, Swiss
Swiss
probably ca. 1830
Vamplate (Hand Guard for a Lance), Matthes Deutsch  German, Steel, German, Landshut
Armorer Matthes Deutsch
ca. 1490
Shoulder Guards (<i>Sode</i>), Iron, silk, leather, gold, silver, lacquer, brass, Japanese
Japanese
17th century
Arm Guard (Dastana), Steel, gold, textile (velvet), textile (silk), textile (linen), copper alloy, Indian
Indian
18th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Iron, gold, enameled cloisonné (shippō), copper, Japanese
Japanese
early 19th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Iron, gold, enameled cloisonné (shippō), copper, Japanese
Japanese
17th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Kanō Natsuo  Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper, Japanese
Fittings maker Kanō Natsuo
19th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Iron, copper, Japanese
Japanese
16th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Hirata School  Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, enameled cloisonné (shippō), copper, Japanese
Attributed to the Hirata School
ca. 1615–1868
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Iron, copper, Japanese
Japanese
16th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Iron, copper, Japanese
Japanese
16th century
Trigger Guard of a Gun made for a Prince of the House of the Medici, Pietro Ancini  Italian, Steel, Italian, Reggio Emilia
Steel-chiseler Pietro Ancini
dated 1643
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Kyōsukashi School  Japanese, Iron, copper, Japanese
Fittings maker Attributed to the Kyōsukashi School
late 16th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Omori Hidenaga  Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper, silver, Japanese
Omori Hidenaga
18th century
Sword Guard, Iron, gold, silver, copper, Tibetan or Chinese
Tibetan or Chinese
14th–15th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Iron, copper, Japanese
Japanese
late 14th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Iron, copper, Japanese
Japanese
late 14th–early 15th century
Archer's Arm Guard (Bracer), Copper alloy, Belgian
Belgian
dated 1752
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Honjō Yoshitane  Japanese, Iron, gold, copper, Japanese
Decorator Inscribed by Honjō Yoshitane
19th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Gotō Mitsuakira  Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper, Japanese
Fittings maker Inscribed by Gotō Mitsuakira
19th century
Sword Guard in the Form of Confronted Dragons, Nephrite; carved, Central Asia
Central Asia
14th–early 15th century
波濤に岩上鷹図大小鐔 Matching Pair of Sword Guards (<i>Daishō-tsuba</i>), 石黒政常 Ishiguro Masatsune  Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, copper, Japanese
Fittings maker Inscribed by 石黒政常 Ishiguro Masatsune
late 18th–early 19th century
Window guard, Iron, Spanish
Spanish
16th century
Pair of window guards, Wrought iron, Northern Italian
Northern Italian
17th century
King's attendant, Lorenzo Mosca, Polychromed terracotta head and wooden limbs; body of wire wrapped in tow; silk and satin garments with silver and gold metallic thread; dagger with silver blade and gold cross guard in paper sheath, Italian, Naples
Lorenzo Mosca
second half 18th century
Fencing Shoulder and Arm Guard, Cloth, Japanese
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868
Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Bodhidharma (達磨図鐔), Iron, gold, silver, Japanese
Japanese
18th century
Pair of Shoulder Guards (Sodē), Iron, Japanese
Japanese
18th century
Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>), Iron, copper, Japanese
Japanese
16th century
Shoulder Guard (Ō-Sode), Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, Japanese
Japanese
mid–late 14th century
Two Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), Desiderius Helmschmid  German, Steel, gold, German, Augsburg
Armorer Attributed to Desiderius Helmschmid
1544
Bracer (Archer's Arm Guard), Ivory, Dutch
Dutch
late 16th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Brass, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper, Japanese
Japanese
18th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper, Japanese
Japanese
17th century
唐草図鐔 Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>), 鷲田光中作 Washida Mitsunaka  Japanese, Iron, silver, copper, Japanese
Fittings maker Inscribed by 鷲田光中作 Washida Mitsunaka
19th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba) , Iron, silver, gold, copper, Japanese
Japanese
18th century
Helmet and Arm Guards, Steel, gold, copper alloy, brass, textile, metallic thread, Indian
Indian
16th century
Mask with Neck Guard, Myōchin Munemitsu  Japanese, Iron, lacquer, gold, leather, textile (silk), Japanese
Armorer Inscribed by Myōchin Munemitsu
18th century
Neck Guard (Nodowa), Iron, lacquer, textile (silk), doe skin, Japanese
Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century

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