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Tobacco pipe with design of cranes and waves

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

Medium/Technique Main material: silver; bamboo stem; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions Overall: 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5523
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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.