Small Boy Creeping, One Foot Caught in a Green Mask
Hojitsu
(Japanese, about 1790–1873)
mid to late19th century
Object PlaceEdo, Japan
Medium/TechniqueStained boxwood, mask green stained ivory, and ivory signature plaque
DimensionsL. .047
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23228
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 to late 19th century
18th–19th century
