Four-case inro with design of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground; ground and water in fine gold and aokin kinpun with gold hiramaki-e and kirikane; other decoration in gold, aokin, silver, red and black takamaki-e; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 7.3 x 2 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10012
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.
early to mid-19th century
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century