Hunting Sword

Unknown

hilt, ca. 1700–1725; blade, ca. 1750 · Steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold · Arms and Armor

Artist

Unknown

Date

hilt, ca. 1700–1725; blade, ca. 1750

Medium

Steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Culture

hilt, Japanese, made for the European market; blade, Western European

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926