Square Brush Holder
1736–95
Medium/TechniqueGlass; Red over opaque white ground
Dimensions12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9721
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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.
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.
1736–95
1736–95
1st century B.C.
early 11th century
10th century
3rd millennium B.C.
1736–95
1736–95
19th century
early 13th century
About 1600
Mary Ellen Edwards