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Tsuba with design of landscape with pines, crags, buildings and birds
Japanese
Edo period
mid-17th century (?)
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; surface treatment: tsuchime-ji; other metals: gold; copper semagane; silver plug; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3 x 8.1 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.11809
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Iwashiro no ju Kanesada
岩城住包貞
岩城住包貞
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.