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Fuchi-kashira with designs of Shoki and a gourd and Shoki and a shishi

Issando Joi (Japanese, 1701–1761)
School: Nara School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
early to mid-19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: copper; surface treatment: ishime-ji; other metals: gold, silver and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, shishiai-bori, takazogan
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm (1 5/16 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5192b
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed [Issando Joi]
一蚕堂乗意
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.