Pipe case with design of monkey reaching for the moon's reflection

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: wood; other metals: iron, gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: overlay

DimensionsOverall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5550a-b

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

mid to late 19th century

Jugyokusai Kazuyoshi

mid to late 19th century

Jugyokusai Kazuyoshi

mid to late 19th century

Kono Haruaki

mid-19th century

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Katô Mitsutsugu

mid to late 19th century

Jakushi

mid-19th century

Nara School

mid-late 18th century

Nakagawa Issho

mid-19th century

Yanagawa Naomasa

early to mid-19th century

Nakajima Toshiharu

mid-19th century