Three-case inrô with peacock design
early - mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground densely sprinkled with fine kinpun and large irregular hirame; decoration in gold, aokin and black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with inlay and encrustation of two types of shell, with gold foil; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 7.5 x 5.4 x 2.3 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9990
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.
Koma School
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
