Four-case inro with design of hawk and crane
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
Kano Tan'yû
(Japanese, 1602–1674)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground with increasingly dense kinpun forming a gold ground in the upper half; decoration in gold and aokin togidashi-e and gold, aokin, silver, black and red takamaki-e; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 5.9 x 2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9906
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
Collections
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
mid-late 18th century
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
