Tobacco pipe with design of Handaka Sonja and dragons

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: silver; bamboo stem; other metals: gold and shibuichi; decorative technique: iroe takazogan, katakiri-bori

DimensionsOverall: 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5530

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ClassificationsMetalwork

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Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Suishinshi Masahide

mid to late 19th century

Tôtan Toshimasa

early to mid-19th century

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Masaaki

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Yanagawa Haruaki

mid-19th century

Uchikoshi Hirochika

early to mid-19th century

early to mid-19th century

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Ichiyoken Toshiharu

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Kawarabayashi Hidekuni

mid-19th century

Hagiya Katsuhira

Late 19th century (before 1886)