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Unsigned 無銘
Credit Line
Gift of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Japanese, Edo period, Early 18th century
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm (2 7/16 x 2 x 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
18.221a
Medium or Technique
Brown/black lacquer ground covered in gold hirame of medium grade and density; decoration in gold hiramaki-e and low takamaki-e, the millet-heads in textured brown takamaki-e, the birds originally covered in gold foil now worn away; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame