Caption

Sword hilt cap kashira, Japanese, katana 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. 19th century late Edo/Meiji period, Japan. Materials/technique: melee weapon hilt cap. Dimensions: height 0.9 cm; width 3.7 cm; depth 2.0 cm., A single oval-shaped object with a central triangular cutout is centered against a plain gray background; the object shows brown and dark brown tones with small areas of greenish patina and hints of gold along its edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_473

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (402.0Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sword hilt cap kashira Japanese katana cap decorated two flowerpots dwarf pine tree dwarf flowering plum tree reverse flowering tree seedling wrapped roots 19th century late Edo Meiji period Japan Materials technique melee weapon cap Dimensions height 0.9 cm width 3.7 cm depth 2.0 cm single oval-shaped object central triangular cutout centered plain gray background object brown dark tones small areas greenish patina hints gold edges.