Kagami netsuke with design of a falconer and assistant

Date Created: 14 November 2018

Author: Kawarabayashi Hideoki (Japanese, 1788–1851)

Source: The Internet

Owner: MFA - the Museum of Fine Arts

Location: Boston, MA, USA

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Kagami netsuke with design of a falconer and assistant

Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century
Kawarabayashi Hideoki (Japanese, 1788–1851)


Dimensions

Overall: 3.2 x 0.3 cm (1 1/4 x 1/8 in.)

Accession Number

11.5788

Medium or Technique

Main material: gold; other metals: silver (?); decorative technique: takabori; katakiri-bori

Not On View

Collections

Asia

Classifications

Arms and armor

Signed

Hide, with a seal Oki
秀  印 興

Provenance

1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Credit Line

Charles Goddard Weld Collection

 

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