Sword guard (Tsuba) Depicting a Tartar (韃靼人図鐔) ca. 1615–1868 Japanese This tsuba shows a figure with a hound, playing a trumpet. The garments and instrument identify the person as a Tartar (Japanese: dattan) and Tartars, particularly whilst hunting, were a popular theme in Japanese art in the late 16th and early 17th century. The reverse shows a pine and broad-leaf bamboo (sasa).. Sword guard (Tsuba) Depicting a Tartar (韃靼人図鐔) 25724

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