Object details
Object number
S.G.RT.FL.3.21
Creator(s)
Bunkio Matsuki
(Kami-Suwa, Japan, 1867 - 1940, Nakano, Japan)
Title
Catalogue of Ancient and Medieval Pewters of China and Japan: Old wood carvings, rare helmuts & famous blades, also stone garden ornaments and other objects of interest gathered on a recent visit to Japan
Date
1905
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Description
96 pages : pl.
Dimensions
20.8 x 15 x 1.5 cm (8 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed, Morris Carter's hand: Sept.4, 1930. Mr. Tomita, gift.
Provenance
Deaccessioned from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Department of Japanese Art.
Gift from Mr. Kojiro Tomita (1890-1976), scholar of Japanese art and head of the Asiatic Arts section of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston on 4 September 1930.
Commentary
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Gallery
Short Gallery
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