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Four-case inro with design of an egret and a fisherman setting a net
Four-case inro with design of an egret and a fisherman setting a net

Four-case inro with design of an egret and a fisherman setting a net

Iizuka School (Japanese)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground with sparse gold hirame; decoration in gold and aokin togidashi-e and gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with applied pottery
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9913
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsInro
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.