Menuki in the form of a deer and minogame

Ichiju (Japanese, dates unknown)

mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: gold; other metals: shakudô, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: takabori, zôgan

DimensionsOverall: 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 5/16 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5324

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Kanenori

early to mid-18th century

Unno Moritoshi

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Hamano Shôzui

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Shoami School

Late 18th–early 19th century

Seishi

mid-19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Morikawa Toshikage

mid-19th century

Tanaka Kiyotoshi

early to mid-19th century

Issando Joi

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Kanô Natsuo

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)