Menuki in the form of a turtle emerging from a gourd

Mori (Japanese)

mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori

DimensionsOverall: 3.6 x 0.7 cm (1 7/16 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5334

On View

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

late 18th to mid-19th century

Yokoya Somin

early to mid-19th century (?)

Yokoya Somin

early to mid-19th century (?)

early to mid-19th century

early to mid-19th century

early to mid-19th century

early to mid-19th century

mid-19th century

mid-19th century

Taizan Motoaki

early to mid-19th century

Taizan Motoaki

early to mid-19th century

Iwamoto Konkan

mid-19th century