Vase
Vase
Vase
Vase
Vase
Vase

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Vase,

ca. 1905

Miwa Tomisaburō
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2004-372

Information

Title
Vase
Dates

ca. 1905

Maker
Miwa Tomisaburō
Medium
Cloisonné enamel with silver wire and fittings
Dimensions
7.8 × 9.4 cm (3 1/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice and Bernard Gerb in memory of Pauline Lester
Object Number
2004-372
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Seal corresponds to No. 40 in [Coben & Feisher] p211
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
vases, cloisonné
Materials
enamel, silver, cloisonné, wire
Subject
butterflies

– Gerd Lester and Pauline Lester collection, by inheritance to Alice Gerb (Princeton, NJ).
–2004 Alice and Bernard Gerb (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004.

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