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Boy Polishing Hsien

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueWood (non-specific)
DimensionsH. .034
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23569
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNetsuke
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.
Group shot:  11.23698, 11.23568
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