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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 view
ClassificationsCeramics
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.
Group shot: 11.9778a-b
1736–95
Group shot: 11.9778a-b
1736–95
1st century B.C.
Bottle vase
1736–95
Cylindrical vase
19th century
A Vestal Virgin Entombed
Giovanni David
after 1775
Mary Ellen Edwards
Bowl
early 13th century