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나전연당초문연초합, 螺鈿蓮唐草文煙草盒
Korean
Joseon dynasty
Late 19th to early 20th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay
Dimensions 21.0 x 19.5 x 15.0 cm (8 1/4 x 7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.10593a-b
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsLacquer works

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.