Sword and Scabbard
1800
Scroll
Sword and Scabbard
1800
Physical Qualities
Steel, iron with gold decoration, wood, fabric, rayskin, 23 3/4 × 2 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (60.3 × 6.7 × 6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Benjamin A. Jaeggin
Object Number
1928.22.1
The pommel cap (Kabuto-gane), scabbard ring (semegane), and scabbard tip (sayajiri) are decorated with raised dragons; the guard (tsuba) with water weeds, and the scabbard (saya) with a C-scroll pattern.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1928; Dr. Benjamin A. Jaeggin
BMA, "Diamonds in the Rough: Seldom Seen Objects from the BMA's Collection," June 20-August 13, 1989.
