Spool-Shaped Tsuba with Sumitate Yotsume Crest
Date19th century
PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)
CultureJapanese
MediumCopper, Iron, gold
ClassificationWeapons
Provenance(Strandbert Antik, Copenhagen); purchased by Nancy and Philip Kotler, Longboat Key, Florida, by 2015-2022; donated to the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2022-present.
Credit LineGift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2022
Object number2022.13.51
On View
On viewLocation
DimensionsOverall: 2 15/16 × 2 15/16 in. (7.5 × 7.5 cm)- Center for Asian Art, 2nd floor, Chao Gallery, wall, east
late 18th or early 19th century
Case: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: late sixteenth century
3rd century BCE–1st century CE
