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蛸に捕えられた猿 銘:友一
Monkey Trapped by an Octopus
蛸に捕えられた猿 銘:友一
Tomokazu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Gifu, Japan
Medium/Technique
Stained cherry wood and horn
Dimensions
3.7 x 3.1 x 3.2 cm (1 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23597
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #198
Signed
Tomokazu
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.