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花籠
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Ritual flower basket (keko)
花籠
Japanese
Muromachi period
15th -16th centuries
Medium/Technique
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 50.8 cm (20 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the family of Edith and Stuart Cary Welch in honor of Anne Nishimura Morse
Accession Number2023.961
ClassificationsRitual objects
ProvenanceBy 1995, probably purchased in Japan by Stuart Cary Welch (b. 1928 – d. 2008), Warner, NH [see note]; 2016, transferred to Welch Family Holdings, Cambridge, MA; 2023, gift of Welch Family Holdings to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)