Fuchi (metal fitting for a sword handle) decorated with a crayfish among seaweed

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 4682.2
Type: weapons and armament; metalwork
Date of production:
first half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Péter Vay
Materials/Techniques: gilded and silver-plated shakudo bronze
Dimensions: length: 3.8 cm
related item: HFM_4682.1 (kachira)