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Plaque with design of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
Plaque with design of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Plaque with design of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Namikawa Sôsuke (Japanese, 1847–1910)
Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607–1650)
about 1893
Medium/TechniqueCloisonne enamels on copper, worked in hidden wire (shosen), shading (bokashi) and silver-alloy wire, in original hardwood frame
DimensionsImage: 41.1 x 62 cm (16 3/16 x 24 3/8 in.)
Weight: 19.84 lb. (9 kg)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with an anonymous gift and by exchange from a Gift of John T. Spaulding
Accession number2004.564
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsEnamels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1984, with a West Coast collector; Between 2000 and 2003, acquired by Malcolm Fairley, Malcolm Fairley Japanese Works of Art, London; September 2004, purchased by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession date: September 22, 2004).