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Rectangular box
Rectangular box

Rectangular box

mid 17th–18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueLacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration and silver foil
Dimensions17.3 x 30.6 x 12 cm (6 13/16 x 12 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10579a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsLacquer works
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.
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