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Cloisonne Enamel Dish Depicting the "Takara-Mono" ("Precious Things"), Symbolic of Health, Prosperity, and Longevity (treasures of the gods of good fortune)
1880s (Meiji)
Cloisonne
A footed dish which depicts the "Takara-Mono" ("Precious Things" - symbolic of health, prosperity, and longevity) in multicolored opaque and semi-translucent enamels against a dark blue mat enamel ground. A Chinese lotus design is depicted on the bottom of the dish.
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Provenance
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Stephen W. Fisher, Baltimore, Maryland
Exhibitions
| 1989-1990 | Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, Fisher Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 2024 | Japanese Cloisonne Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-0. |
Geographies
Nagoya (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 7 1/16 × D: 1 in. (18 × 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen W. Fisher, Baltimore, Maryland
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.693