noun
item in a collection; piece
Rare term; refers to an object held in a collection, such as in a museum, library, or private collection. The more common synonym is 所蔵品.
See also: 所蔵品
この美術館の所蔵物には、貴重な絵画が含まれている。
The items in this museum's collection include valuable paintings.
Compound of 所蔵 (shozō, 'possession, collection') + 物 (butsu, 'thing, object'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a standard Sino-Japanese compounding pattern.