Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Unknown Artist
Menuki are a pair of ornamental sword fittings attached to either side of a sword hilt.
Credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938
18th century
Gold
2.9cm
38.55.55a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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