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Saddle (kura) with maki-e tortoise design
Image Not Available for Saddle (kura) with maki-e tortoise design

Saddle (kura) with maki-e tortoise design

1630
Medium/TechniqueWood; lacquer and maki-e decoration
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5831
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsLacquer works
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
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