Tobacco pipe with design of man in a tree lowering a tortoise on a cord onto the head of a man fording a stream

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Tobacco pipe with design of man in a tree lowering a tortoise on a cord onto the head of a man fording a stream

Japanese

Edo period–Meiji era

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/Technique Main material: shibuchi; bamboo stem; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; decorative technique: takabori, zogan

Dimensions Overall: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession Number11.5541

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CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsMetalwork

Signed Hokoku saku [Made by Hokoku]

Inscriptions鳳國作

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.