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One from a set of five flower vases (Chûbyô)


Kebyô (gobyô)
花瓶(五瓶)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique Brass; cast
Dimensions 15.5 x 9.6 cm (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.) (Height x diameter)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number22.517
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsRitual objects

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. III (Buddhist dec. arts), no. 145 (1) Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (2022), ch. III (Buddhist Ritual Objects), no. 146 (1)
ProvenanceLent by William Sturgis Bigelow, April 18, 1913; 1922 gift of William Sturgis Bigelow.