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)
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 viewClassificationsEnamels
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).
About 1850–75
About 1850–75
mid-16th century frame, 19th century or later enamel
