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Box and cover with dragon, phoenix ands paulownia designs
Myôchin Munesuke (Japanese)
Umetada Shigeyoshi (Japanese, about 1700)
School: Myochin School (Japanese)
Umetada Shigeyoshi (Japanese, about 1700)
School: Myochin School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo and copper; decorative technique: uchidashi, nunome-zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 12.3 cm (2 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.11.5625a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMetalwork
Signed
Myochin Osumi no kami Ki no Munesuke neru [Forged by Myochin Ki no Munesuke, Guardian of Osumi Province; Chiseled by Umetada Shichizaemon Shigeyoshi of Nishijin in Yamashiro Province]
Yamashiro no kuni Nishijin no ju Umetada Shichizaemon Tachibana no Shigeyoshi sen
Yamashiro no kuni Nishijin no ju Umetada Shichizaemon Tachibana no Shigeyoshi sen
Inscriptions明珍大隈守紀宗介練 山城國西陣住埋忠七左衛門橘重吉鐫
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.
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.