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手長を背負った脚長 銘:菊川
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手長を背負った脚長 銘:菊川
Kikugawa Masamitsu (Japanese, born in 1822)
Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century
Object Place: Edo, Japan
Medium/Technique
Stained Ivory, gilding, coral, silver, and shakudo
Dimensions
11.6 x 4 x 3.6 cm (4 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23342
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #25
Signed
Kikugawa
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.