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芋の葉に乗る蜈蚣 銘:石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻于時天保丁酉春也
Centipede on a Taro Leaf
芋の葉に乗る蜈蚣 銘:石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻于時天保丁酉春也
Seiyôdô Bunshôjo (Japanese, 1764–1838)
Japanese
Edo period
1837
Object Place: Iwami, Japan
Medium/Technique
Stained Ivory
Dimensions
2.7 x 8.2 x 1.7 cm (1 1/16 x 3 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23662
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #182
Signed
Iwami No Kuni Kaaigwa Seiyôdô Bunshô-jo Chôkoku Toki Ni Tenpo Hinoto-Tori Horu Nori (carved by Ms. Seiyodo Bunsho by the Kaaigawa River in Iwami Provience in the sping of the Hinotori yr. of the Tenpo Era)
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.