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Tobacco pipe with design of Kinko Sennin on a carp watched by the king of Song and his courtiers
Senga Masamitsu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1877
Medium/Technique
Main material: silver; bamboo stem; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5534
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMetalwork
Signed
Senga Masamitsu kore o horu Meiji ju hachigatsu seimei no hi [Senga Masamitsu carved this on a bright day in the eighth month of Meiji 10 (=1877).]
Inscriptions千賀政光彫之 明治十 八月清明日
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.