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Tsuba by Japanese Iwamoto Konkwan — VisualArtsDB

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Tsuba

Tsuba

Japanese Iwamoto Konkwan

1800

Medium: Shakudo (alloy of copper and gold), nanako (surface texture of tiny knobs), takazogan (relief inlay)
Genre: Metalwork
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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