Pair of menuki in the form of Nio
Yoko Soyo II
(Japanese)
Yokoya School
(Japanese)
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shakudo; other metals: gold; decorative technique: uchidashi, iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 4.5 x 0.7 cm (1 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5289a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Yokoya Sôyo
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Unno Bisei II
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Nobuchika
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century
mid to late 19th century
early to mid-19th century