Six-case inro with autumnal landscape design; deer, maple, waterfall and mountains
En'ami Suô
(Japanese)
early to mid-18th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground almost entirely covered in gold takamaki-e but with gold hirame and kirikane and silver hiramaki-e for the stream and waterfall; other decoration in gold, aokin and colored hiramaki-e with extensive gold kirikane; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm (3 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9919
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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
Early 19th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
