Foliate square dish with auspicious motifs
1522–66
Medium/TechniqueCarved red lacquer on wood core
Dimensions3.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm (1 7/16 x 6 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10353
On View
Not on viewClassificationsLacquer works
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.
16th century
early 15th century
16th century
Late 18th century
16th century
second half of the 14th century
16th–17th century
17th–18th century
about 3rd century B.C.
17th–18th century
early 16th century
19th century