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Octagonal three-tiered box
Octagonal three-tiered box

Octagonal three-tiered box

16th–17th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold foil on wood core
Dimensions33.9 x 31.2 cm (13 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10580a-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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