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Tobacco pipe with design of tortoises and cranes on a diaper ground

Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/Technique Main material: silver; decorative technique: takabori
Dimensions Overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5520
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMetalwork

Signed Unsigned
無款
Inscriptions無銘
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.