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Tsuba with design of Li Bai admring a waterfall
Japanese
Edo period
1787
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo, shibuichi and copper; copper sekigane; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
Dimensions
Overall: 7.4 x 6.8 x 0.4 cm (2 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.11793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Tenmei shichi hitsuji kugatsu Iwamoto Konkan, with a kao [Iwamoto Konkan, ninth month of the seventh, goat, year of Tenmei (=1787)]
天明七未九月岩本昆寛（花押）
天明七未九月岩本昆寛（花押）
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.