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