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
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century
Yamada Taigyo
early to mid-19th century
Iizuka School
Late 18th–early 19th century
