Five-case inro with chrysanthemum design
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground, the lower part with medium-density kinpun and nashiji/hirame, the upper part with almost solid kinpun forming a gold ground; decoration in gold and aokin hiramaki-e and takamaki-e; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 9.6 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm (3 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9971
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
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.
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
