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Fuchi-kashira with designs of seated Chinese ruler and attendants under a pine tree, and mounted Chinese and attendants hawking

Ayanokoji Nagamine (Japanese, mid-18th century)
School: Sôten School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
mid-late 18th century

Medium/Technique Main material: shakudo; surface treatment: nanako-ji; other metals: gold, silver and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
Dimensions Overall: 3.4 x 1.8 x 1 cm (1 5/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23915b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Catalogue Raisonné 55
Signed Karaku no ju Nagamine, with a kao
花洛住永峯(花押)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.