Menuki in the form of a pheasant

Ishiguro Masaaki (Japanese, about 1815–1875)

Ishiguro School (Japanese)

mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: gold; other metals: silver, shakudo, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori, takazogan

DimensionsOverall: 4.9 x 0.4 cm (1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5314

On View

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Ishiguro Masaaki

mid-19th century (?)

Ishiguro Kanemoto

early 19th century

Ishiguro Kanemoto

early 19th century

Ishiguro Masatsune

mid to late 19th century

Ishiguro Masatsune

mid to late 19th century

Ishiguro School

early to mid-19th century

late 18th to mid-19th century

Kobayashi Yoshimasa

Late 18th century

Someya School

early to mid-19th century

Kikugawa

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Late 18th–early 19th century

early to mid-19th century