Long sword (katana) and mount, scabbard with rayskin and plaited silk cover
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Japan
Long sword (katana) and mount, scabbard with rayskin and plaited silk cover
c.1780
iron, lacquered wood, shakudo, gold, rayskin and plaited silk
Long sword (katana) and mount, scabbard with rayskin and plaited silk cover
c.1780
iron, lacquered wood, shakudo, gold, rayskin and plaited silk
- Place made
- Japan
- Medium
- iron, lacquered wood, shakudo, gold, rayskin and plaited silk
- Dimensions
- 92.0 cm (length)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs J. Howard Johnson 1951
- Accession number
- 863A43
- Media category
- Metalwork
- Collection area
- Asian art - Japan