A large gilt-bronze sword pommel
A large gilt-bronze sword pommel

KOFUN PERIOD (6TH CENTURY)

Details
A large gilt-bronze sword pommel
Kofun period (6th century)
The sword pommel heavily cast and thickly gilded, designed with two stylized confronted dragon heads supporting a jewel, details finely chiseled
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long
With a label stating that the pommel was excavated at Iida Town, Shuchi County, Shizuoka Prefecture
Provenance
Nagao Ukichi
Nagao Museum, Osaka, Japan

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