Menuki in the form of a wasp on a flowering branch

early to mid-19th century

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

DimensionsOverall: 3.6 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5331

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Mitsutoshi

mid-19th century

Ishiguro Masaaki

mid-19th century

Kaneyasu Masatoshi

Late 19th century

Late 19th century

Masatoshi

early to mid-19th century

Unno Moritoshi

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

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)

Yoshimasa

mid to late 19th century (before 1888)

Late 18th–early 19th century