Kappa On Top Of Clam
Gyokumin
(Japanese)
mid-19th century
Object PlaceEdo, Japan
Medium/TechniqueWood; top of the head; inlaid eyes of ivory: top of head, mother-of-pearl (aogai)
Dimensions4.0 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23187
On View
Not on viewClassificationsNetsuke
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
mid-19th century
late 19th century
about A.D. 138–192
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Hakuryo, Unsho
early 19th century