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文福茶釜
Tanuki Kettle
文福茶釜
Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century
Object Place: Osaka, Japan
Medium/Technique
Buxus microphylla
Eretmochelys imbricate
Eretmochelys imbricate
Dimensions
2.8 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm (1 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23409
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #148
Signed
Mitsuhiro, with a kao
光廣
光廣
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.