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髑髏、蛇、蛙、晒し首 （置物）
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Skull, Snake, Frog , and Severed Heads
髑髏、蛇、蛙、晒し首 （置物）
Asahi Gyokuzan (Japanese, 1843–1923)
Japanese
Meiji era
1900
Object Place: Tokyo, Japan
Medium/Technique
Stained ivory and horn with pigment
Dimensions
10.3 x 7 x 4 cm (4 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23727
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #138
Signed
Tôkyô Asahi Gyokuzan kore o saku (Asahi Gyokuzan of Tokyo made this)
東京旭玉山作之
東京旭玉山作之
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.