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Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Zhong Kui (Shōki) the Demon Queller

c. 1615–1868

Japan, possibly Edo period

(1615-1868)
brass
Overall: 7.7 x 7.8 cm (3 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Donahey 1915.90
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1915
    James Harrison "Hal" Donahey [1875–1949], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1915–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Vilbar, Sinead. "The Japanese Art Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915-1951." In Great Waves & Mountains: Perspectives and Discoveries in Collecting the Arts of Japan. Natsu Oyobe, and Allysa B. Peyton, eds., 160-197. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 163–164, fig. 7.3
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