Kagami netsuke with design of Hotei and a Chinese child

early to mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: silver; other metals: gold and shakudo (?); decorative technique: takabori, katakiri-bori, zogan

DimensionsOverall: 4.1 x 1.7 cm (1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5790

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Hamano Noriyuki II

early to mid-19th century

Kikugawa

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Murasakibara Toshiyoshi

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Hamano Noriyuki II

Early 19th century

Nara School

early to mid-19th century

Kawarabayashi Hidekuni

mid-19th century

Ichinomiya Nagatsune

mid-late 18th century

Kawarabayashi Hidekuni

mid-19th century

Ichijô School

mid-19th century

Shunshi

early to mid-19th century

Ichinomiya Nagatsune

mid-19th century