Menuki in the form of a flight of sparrows

mid-19th century

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

DimensionsOverall: 3.5 x 0.7 cm (1 3/8 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5342

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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

Kikugawa Masatomo

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

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

Iwamoto Konkan

mid-19th century