Tobacco pipe with design of dragons and jewel

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: silver; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: silver and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan

DimensionsOverall: 26.1 cm (10 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5533

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ClassificationsMetalwork

Collections

Inscriptions利敬（花押）

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

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Hôkoku

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Toshitaka

early to mid-19th century

Issando Joi

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Miyata Nobukiyo

mid-19th century

Takase Eiju

Late 18th century

Oyama Motozane I

1816

Kitagawa Motoyoshi

Late 19th century

Hamano Noriyuki II

early to mid-19th century

Hamano Hiroyuki

late 18th–early 19th century

Nara Haruchika

mid-19th century

Murakami Jochiku

Late 18th–early 19th century