Tobacco Pipe

97-122-54

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 97-122-54
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made 1800-1892
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Technique Relief
Iconography Lizards
Description

Brass mouthpiece and bowl ornamented with lizards in high relief. "Used in the Taira Dynasty. This form continued in use in the Waiji era - that proceeding the present."

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-122-54 - Old Museum Number | 15487 - ANSP Number

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