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Dora
銅鑼
Japanese
Edo period
17th–19th centuries

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions 43 cm (16 15/16 in.) (diameter)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.11.5645
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsRitual objects

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. III (Buddhist dec. arts), no. 160 Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (2022), ch. III (Buddhist Ritual Objects), no. 160
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.