Tobacco pipe with design of dragon

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: silver; wood cover; other metals: gold, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: takabori, zogan

DimensionsOverall: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5543

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ClassificationsMetalwork

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

mid to late 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Kanenori

early to mid-18th century

Kikugawa Masatomo

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

early to mid-19th century

early to mid-19th century

Morikawa Toshikage

mid-19th century

Tanaka Kiyotoshi

early to mid-19th century

Issando Joi

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)