Tobacco pipe with design of man in a tree lowering a tortoise on a cord onto the head of a man fording a stream
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuchi; bamboo stem; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5541
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Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
mid-19th century
mid to late 19th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Late 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century