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
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Not on viewClassificationsRitual objects
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Provenance1918 gift of Major Henry Lee Higginson
late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 17th century
early - mid-19th century
mid-18th century
mid 14th century and 19th century
Mid 19th century
Early 19th century
early 20th century