Pair of menuki in the form of chrysanthemum and plum
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: gold; other metals: silver and shakudo; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori
DimensionsOverall: 4.2 x 0.5 cm (1 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5259a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Aoki Harutsura
mid-19th century
Aoki Harutsura
mid-19th century
Kikugawa Masatomo
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Toshimune
about 1870–before 1889