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Tsuba with design of eagle and sparrows
Japanese
Meiji era
1883
Medium/Technique
Main material: shibuichi; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 6.9 x 0.8 cm (2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.11955
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
152
Signed
Meiji mizunoto-hitsuji sakurazuki Bigeiro sensei no tame Ryonsai Unno Moritoshi koku su [Carved for Dr. Bigelow by Ryounsai Unno Moritoshi in the third month of the mizunoto-hitsuji year of Meiji (=1883)]
明治癸未櫻月為美藝郎先生凌雲齋海野盛壽刻
明治癸未櫻月為美藝郎先生凌雲齋海野盛壽刻
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.