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Card-case with design of Benten and a dragon
Japanese
Edo period
About 1885
Medium/Technique
Gold kinji lacquer ground; decoration in gold, silver, black and red takamaki-e with encrustation of stained ivory; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
Dimensions
Overall: 10.2 x 7.2 x 1.2 cm (4 x 2 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5824
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsInro
Signed
Unsigned
無銘
無銘
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.