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Image Not Available for Box and cover with design of rustic huts and stooks of rice-straw
Box and cover with design of rustic huts and stooks of rice-straw
Image Not Available for Box and cover with design of rustic huts and stooks of rice-straw

Box and cover with design of rustic huts and stooks of rice-straw

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: mokume of shakudo, copper and silver; other metals: silver interior; decorative technique: translucent cloisonne enamels worked with gilt wire
DimensionsOverall: 3.4 x 8.4 x 6.7 cm (1 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5856
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ClassificationsMetalwork
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Inscriptions無銘Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.