Reliquary in the form of a hôkyôin-tô
18th century
Medium/TechniqueWood with lacquer; pear skin (nashiji) sprinkled gold (maki-e) ground
Dimensions45 cm (17 11/16 in.) (height overall)
Credit LineGift of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number18.240
On View
Not on viewClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
Provenance1918 gift of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century
Yamada Taigyo
early to mid-19th century
Iizuka School
Late 18th–early 19th century
