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Fabric-covered Objects, Rabbit Figurine, and Glass Jar of Hard Candy (Arubeitô)


ガラス瓶に有平糖、兎の置物等
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (Japanese, 1764?–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
1800s–1810s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 14.4 x 18.8 cm (5 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17623
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably 1807 or 1819, both Years of the Rabbit.
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.