Metal collar ending a sword hilt fuchi, decorated with a deer; Japanese, Edo period 18th century, 1603–1868; material: metal; function: fuchi for katana/saber hilt; dimensions: height 3.7 cm, width 2.3 cm, depth 1.2 cm., An oval, low-profile metal object with a narrow elongated opening on top, showing a worn brown and dark brown surface with patches of rust; a raised decorative motif resembling a textured curved shape appears on one side with small areas of gold and dark gray; the object sits on a reflective gray surface against a uniform mid-gray background, and the overall colors visible are brown, dark brown, gold, gray, and dark gray.
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Metal collar ending a sword hilt fuchi, decorated with a deer; Japanese, Edo period 18th century, 1603–1868; material: metal; function: fuchi for katana/saber hilt; dimensions: height 3.7 cm, width 2.3 cm, depth 1.2 cm., An oval, low-profile metal object with a narrow elongated opening on top, showing a worn brown and dark brown surface with patches of rust; a raised decorative motif resembling a textured curved shape appears on one side with small areas of gold and dark gray; the object sits on a reflective gray surface against a uniform mid-gray background, and the overall colors visible are brown, dark brown, gold, gray, and dark gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A25_023

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Rights managed

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Keywords

Metal collar ending sword hilt fuchi decorated deer Japanese Edo period 18th century 1603–1868 material metal function fuchi katana saber hilt dimensions height 3.7 cm width 2.3 cm depth 1.2 cm oval low-profile metal object narrow elongated opening top showing worn brown dark brown surface patches rust raised decorative motif resembling textured curved shape side small areas gold dark gray object sits reflective gray surface uniform mid-gray background colors visible brown dark brown gray dark gray.

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