Four-case inro with farmers in a landscape
Koma School
(Japanese)
mid-late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground densely sprinkled with kinpun; decoration covering almost the entire surface in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold kirikane, worn through in places revealing red underpainting; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 6.2 x 5 x 5 cm (2 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9882
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
early to mid-18th century
Koma School
Late 18th–early 19th century
En'ami Suô
early to mid-18th century
