Hanging Amulet Box (Kake-mamori)
maker
Unknown
Dateearly 19th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumPaper-lined brocaded silk on bamboo painted black, with gilded metal mountings
Dimensions45.5 x 8.5 cm (17 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsBoxes
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF15w2
eMuseum ID725219
EmbARK ObjectID11663
TMS Source ID852
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesYamanaka & Co. Catalogue of a Rare and Magnificent Collection of Metals and Antique Carvings from Temples and Palaces of Japan... (Boston, 28-30 October 1903), lot 33. (as about 1800)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104. (as Japanese, early 19th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 93-94, no. 41. (as Japanese, early 19th century)
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Betye Saar & The Gardner Museum: A Long Standing Relationship," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 7 February 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/betye-saar-gardner-museum-long-standing-relationship
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104. (as Japanese, early 19th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 93-94, no. 41. (as Japanese, early 19th century)
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Betye Saar & The Gardner Museum: A Long Standing Relationship," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 7 February 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/betye-saar-gardner-museum-long-standing-relationship
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Yamanaka sale at Hotel Vendome, Boston on 28 October 1903, lot 33.
