Object details
Accession number
F15w2
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Hanging Amulet Box (Kake-mamori)
Creation Date
early 19th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Yamanaka sale at Hotel Vendome, Boston on 28 October 1903, lot 33.
Dimensions
45.5 x 8.5 cm (17 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Paper-lined brocaded silk on bamboo painted black, with gilded metal mountings
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Early Italian Room
Bibliography
Yamanaka & Co. Catalogue of a Rare and Magnificent Collection of Metals and Antique Carvings from Temples and Palaces of Japan... (Boston, 28-30 October 1903), lot 33. (as about 1800)Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104. (as Japanese, early 19th century)Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 93-94, no. 41. (as Japanese, early 19th century)
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