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蝸牛 銘:石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻
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蝸牛 銘:石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻
Seiyôdô Bunshôjo (Japanese, 1764–1838)
Japanese
Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Iwami, Japan
Medium/Technique
Ebony
Dimensions
2.7 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm (1 1/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23618
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #188
Signed
Iwami No Kuni Kaaigawa Seiyôdô Bunshô-Jo Chô (carved by Ms. Seiyodo Bunsho by the Kaaigawa River in Iwami Provience)
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.