Caption

Sword hilt cap kashira, Melee weapon hilt cap decorated with two flowerpots: one with a dwarf pine tree, the other with a dwarf flowering plum tree; on the reverse a flowering tree seedling with wrapped roots. Japanese, 19th century late Edo to Meiji period, 1603–1912., Japanese swords/weapons; kashira. Dimensions: height 0.9 cm, width 3.7 cm, depth 2.0 cm., An oval metallic ring-shaped object sits on a smooth gray surface with a subtle reflection beneath it; the object is dark brown to bronze in color with small gold-colored decorative elements on one side, including a gold-toned curved branch-like detail and a tiny gold cup-shaped ornament, and the interior of the oval shows a slightly darker brown patina.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_470

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (417.7Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sword hilt cap kashira Melee weapon cap decorated two flowerpots dwarf pine tree dwarf flowering plum tree reverse flowering tree seedling wrapped roots Japanese 19th century late Edo Meiji period 1603–1912 Japanese swords weapons kashira Dimensions height 0.9 cm width 3.7 cm depth 2.0 cm oval metallic ring-shaped object sits smooth gray surface subtle reflection beneath object dark brown bronze color small gold-colored decorative elements side gold-toned curved branch- detail tiny gold cup-shaped ornament interior oval slightly darker brown patina.