Box with Divine Tortoises

Conservation Provenance Inscription Credit

Conservation

Silver tarnish reduced in preparation for exhibition.

Date	Description	Narrative
2/05/2016	Treatment	Cleaned

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

19th century (Meiji)

Medium

copper, silver, gilding
(Metal)

Accession Number

53.104

Measurements

H: 9/16 × W: 2 3/4 × D: 2 5/16 in. (1.4 × 7 × 5.9 cm) Box H: 1/2 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 2 3/16 in. (1.2 × 6.7 × 5.6 cm) Lid H: 3/8 × W: 2 3/4 in., D: 13.01 lb. (1 × 7 cm, 5.9 kg)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Fourth Floor: From Rye to Raphael, the Walters Story