Unknown Japanese
Natsume

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Natsume
  • Tea Caddy
Datec. 1850
MediumLacquerware with gold and silver
Dimensions3 × 3 in. (7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. Ellen R. Gritz and Mr. Milton D. Rosenau, Jr., Nanako and Dale Tingleaf, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Roff, Jr., Ms. Miwa S. Sakashita and Dr. John R. Stroehlein, Stephen E. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Sim, and Elizabeth and David Copeland in memory of Barbara E. Butler
Object number2015.283.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Kumamoto, Japan;
[Erik Thomsen Asian Art, New York];
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2015
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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