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Box and cover in the form of a leather tobacco pouch, with design of sixteen rakan with their attributes

Serizawa Ryumin (Japanese, born in 1826)
Japanese
Meiji era
mid to late 19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: copper; silver liner; other metals: gold, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: uchidashi; zogan
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 11.6 x 4.7 cm (3 15/16 x 4 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5845
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMetalwork

Signed Ryumin, with a kao
Inscriptions立民(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.