Single-case inro with herdboy and ox design, with detachable inner tray
mid-late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueGold lacquer ground of dense medium-grade kinpun; decoration in gold and black hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with extensive oxidised silver foil and shell inlay; interior black lacquer; risers black lacquer with gold togidashi-e; shoulders and rims gold fundame; inner tray black lacquer with gold lacquer rim
DimensionsOverall: 6.2 x 7.6 x 3.6 cm (2 7/16 x 3 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9958a
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.
Late 17th century
