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Tsuba with design of Chinese warriors in combat, with another figure on horseback in the clouds
Japanese
Edo period
mid-18th century
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; decorative technique: takabori, sue-mon, zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 x 8.1 x 1 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.12224
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Goshu Hikone no ju Mogarashi Nyudo Soten sei [Made by the layman Mogarashi Soten of Hikone in Omi Province]
江州彦根住藻柄子入道宗典製
江州彦根住藻柄子入道宗典製
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.