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Tsuba with design of Taira butterfly

Kaneie (Japanese)
School: Kaneie School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, sukidashi-bori, zôgan
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 8.1 x 0.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.11803
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Yamashiro no kuni Fushimi no ju Kaneie [Kaneie of Fushimi in Yamashiro province]
山城國伏見住金家
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.