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Rakan Group
羅漢
Gyokushinsai (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1880 to 1890
Medium/Technique
Stained ivory
Dimensions
4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23669
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #132
Signed
Gyokushinsai (with seal)
銘:玉真斎
銘:玉真斎
Marks
Seal: Sada
印:定
印:定
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.