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Tobacco pipe with design of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: gold; bamboo stem; surface treatment: ishime-ji; other metals: silver, shakudo, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazogan

DimensionsOverall: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5536

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ClassificationsMetalwork

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Asia

Inscriptions無銘

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

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