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Tobacco pipe with design of cockerel, chicken, sparrow and bamboo
Masaaki (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Medium/Technique
Main material: silver; bamboo stem; other metals: gold, shakudo, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
Dimensions
Overall: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5544
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMetalwork
Signed
Masaaki
Inscriptions正秋
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.