ÿþTsuba with design of Chinese scholars playing go
Japanese, Edo Period, Early mid 19th century (?)
School: Soten School, Japanese

Japan
Overall: 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Main material: copper; other metals: gold; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, marubori, zogan

Inscriptions: !q˜’

Classification: Arms and armor
Type, sub-type: Tsuba; circular; ryohitsu; edge: applied shakudo rim

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, 1911