Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Fittings maker Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō) Japanese

mid-18th century

Not on view

These menuki feature a design of a narcissus.

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Provenance

Title: Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Fittings maker: Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō) (Japanese, 1722–1784, thirteenth-generation Gotō master)
Date: mid-18th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold
Dimensions: L. of grip ornament (a) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Menuki
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1945
Object Number: 45.24.48a–c
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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