Shell as incense box (kogo) with maki-e decoration
Second half of 19th century
Medium/TechniqueShell; lacquer with maki-e decoration
DimensionsOverall: 3.4 x 11.5 x 3.4 cm (1 5/16 x 4 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10397a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsLacquer works
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.
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century
second half of 19th century
Artist unknown, Japanese
First half of the 19th century
Second half of 19th century
Second half of 19th century