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Tobacco-pouch (doran), pipecase (kiseru-zutsu), kagami netsuke and ojime; the kanamono with design of a man with spectacles sleeping over a scroll at a table
OkawaTeikan (Japanese, 1828–1898)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1883
Medium/Technique
Gold, silver, copper, ivory, silk
Dimensions
The pouch 10 x 13.5 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24742a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Signed on the backplate: Meiji mizunoto-mi rinsho seizoku Shiho Rosetsu Teikan kore o sen [Carved by Shiho Rosetsu Teikan in the sixth month of the mizunoto-mi year of Meiji (=1883)]; the netsuke with a carved seal: Asa
明治癸未林鐘清屬紫峰老拙貞幹鐫之 朝
明治癸未林鐘清屬紫峰老拙貞幹鐫之 朝
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.
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.