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